The Music Book: 1 (The Herzberg Trilogy)

A young English woman on the run from her father and a retired Prussian military officer sent to England by King Frederick the Great are plunged into the London demi-monde and a pursuit across Europe in search of fulfilment. The young womans music book bears witness to what unfolds. Former senior British diplomat turned historical novelist Edward Glovers first novel tells a story of intrigue betrayal revenge death and redemption revealing a world of dark secrets beneath the veneer of 18th-century social glamour. Fast moving and packed with intrigue The Music Book takes us into the relationship between Arabella Whitfield and Colonel Carl Manfred von Deppe as they escape the dark demi-monde of mid 18th-century London becoming fugitives pursued across Europe.