{"product_id":"appassionata","title":"Appassionata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRivals\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major series on Disney+\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe most fun you can have under a Tenor...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiven the chance to take over the Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, Abby is ecstatic, not realising the RSO is in hock up to its neck and is composed of the wildest bunch of musicians ever to blow a horn or caress a fiddle. Abby finds it increasingly difficult to control her undisciplined rabble and pretend she is not madly attracted to the fatally glamorous horn player, Viking O'Neill, who claims droit de seigneur over every pretty woman joining the orchestra. And then Rannaldini, arch-fiend and international maestro, rolls up with Machiavellian plans of his own to sabotage the RSO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffervescent as champagne, Jilly Cooper's novel brings back old favourites like Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black, but also ends triumphantly with a rampageous orchestral tour of Spain and the high drama of an international piano competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003eAppassionata\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eDelicious ... I could not put the damned thing down' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA boisterous tale of sex and Chopin' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sexy, dazzling protagonists... the humour comes thick and fast' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263052894552,"sku":"9780552156387","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780552156387.jpg?v=1778631326","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/appassionata","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}