The Land Lubbers Lying Down Below Helen Dunmore Author

by Helen Dunmore

2021-04-11 10:51:14

'Tonight it is the concert. Two Prodigies of Nature are coming to play in my lady's ball-room. As soon as the concert begins I understand why the whole world comes to stare and listen.'Scipio is eleven years old and a lady's page. He plays the harpsi... Read more
'Tonight it is the concert. Two Prodigies of Nature are coming to play in my lady's ball-room. As soon as the concert begins I understand why the whole world comes to stare and listen.'Scipio is eleven years old and a lady's page. He plays the harpsichord, speaks French and German, and sings in Italian. But what was appealing and remarkable in a small child is no longer so in a 'hobbledehoy'. And after he meets the two child prodigies, Wolfi and Nannerl, at a concert, Scipio's fate will change forever. Less

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Print pages64
PublisherPenguin UK
Publication date December 1, 2012
ISBN9780241965429
Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 Dec 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. She won the National Poetry Competition award. Dunmore was a Fellow of the Royal S...

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