Description
Appassionata by Jilly Cooper is a lively, romantic novel set in the competitive and often chaotic world of classical music. Abigail Rosen, known as Appassionata, is a brilliant violinist whose career is destroyed after a dramatic suicide attempt. Determined to stay in music, she sets her sights on becoming a conductor—a role still dominated by men.
Her opportunity comes when she is appointed to lead the financially troubled Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, whose unruly musicians prove almost impossible to control. As Abby struggles to establish herself, she is drawn to the dangerously charismatic horn player Viking O’Neill, while the notorious conductor Rannaldini arrives with plans to sabotage the orchestra. With the return of Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black, romantic complications, an orchestral tour of Spain and the drama of an international piano competition, Appassionata combines romance, humour and the larger-than-life characters typical of Jilly Cooper.
