{"product_id":"lessons-in-harmony-signed-edition","title":"Lessons in Harmony (Signed Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA STUNNING NOVEL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND NATIONHOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE, BOURNVILLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMIDDLE ENGLAND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A tender and generous novel... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLessons in Harmony \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis the story of an unlikely and transformative friendship. It is also a masterful examination of national identity and how it shapes us' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I was completely engrossed by the fictional reconstruction of the friendship between these two very different composers' Clare Chambers, author of SMALL PLEASURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysterious personal life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Ravel’s devoted acolyte Mylo encourages him to take on a new pupil – a rising British composer called Ralph Vaughan Williams – an unlikely cross-channel friendship starts to blossom. An aristocratic Englishman and collector of folk songs, Vaughan Williams appears to have nothing in common with his teacher except that, somehow, each of them seems to represent an archetype of his own country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut as the shadow of war approaches, their friendship becomes entwined with Mylo’s own tragic story. The two friends must pursue their vocation through one of the most turbulent but creative periods in history. Will their differing senses of national identity – one ‘typically French’, the other ‘so British’ – liberate or constrain them?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLESSONS IN HARMONY is a stunning novel about the power of music to create beauty, to freeze time, and, at its greatest, to express the personality not just of its composer, but of an entire nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56499945144705,"sku":"9780241796665","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0244\/8444\/6286\/files\/LessonsinHarmony_9780241796665.png?v=1794489728","url":"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/lessons-in-harmony-signed-edition","provider":"British Library Online Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}