<p><b><i>The Times</i> top ten bestseller<br> <br> 'As tightly tuned as a thriller' <i>Telegraph</i><br> 'A marvel' Kiran Millwood Hargrave<br> 'Compelling, vividly described magic' <i>Observer</i><br> 'Historical fiction as it should be written' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br> 'Remarkable' <i>New York Times</i></b><br> <br> <br> Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent.<br> <br> Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil.<br> <br> But as Anna Maria's star rises, not everyone is happy. Because Anna Maria's shining light threatens to eclipse that of her mentor. The prodigy becomes the rival...<br> <br> She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. Her story will be heard.<br> <br> <b>'A compassionate coming-of-age tale ... Constable understands the power music has to sustain us' <i>Observer</i></b><br> <b>'Had me spellbound from start to finish' Emma Stonex</b><br> <b>'Constable infuses historical fact with richly wrought fictional details, to investigate admiration and resentment, ego and legacy' <i>i paper</i></b><br> <b>'A whirlwind of all-consuming, dizzying ambition ... Spectacularly imagined' <i>Mail on Sunday</i></b><br> <b>'Vibrates with colour and passion ... I was completely swept up' Elodie Harper</b><br> <b>'An immersive, impassioned tale full of colour and sound'</b> <i><b>Guardian</b></i></p>