Beautiful historical books are one of my weaknesses. Today I'm going to focus on Nightingale, and Mozart's Wife, both by author Juliet Waldron.
Nightingale
Publication:
June 5, 2013
Books We Love, Ltd.
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Books We Love, Ltd.
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Her body belonged to the Count, but her heart yearned for true love.18th Century Vienna was glamorous and corrupt, and the pathway to fame could not be trodden in innocence. Count Maximilian discovers Klara in a Nightingale Cage, an orphanage for the abandoned children of musicians. He educates her, fosters her remarkable vocal talent and initiates her into the art of love, intending to create the perfect mistress. The Count controls every aspect of Klara’s life, until Fate, in the form of handsome Akos Almassy, takes a hand. The tall, dark Magyar violinist can make beautiful music and healing potions, too, but can he rescue Klara from the Count—and live?
Mozart’s Wife
Publication
Date: January 11, 2014
Books We Love, Ltd.
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Books We Love, Ltd.
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Winner of the First Independent E-Book Award for Fiction Seventh Annual Virginia Festival of the Book
She Married the World’s First Superstar.Mozart’s wife aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-laws loathed her. Mozart’s friends, more than forty years after his death, remained eager to gossip about her “failures” as wife to the world’s first superstar. Maturing from child to wife to hard-headed widow, Konstanze paid her husband’s debts, provided for their children, and relentlessly marketed and mythologized Mozart. The composer’s letters attest to his affection for Konstanze as well as to their powerful sexual bond. Still, the question remains: Why did she never mark his grave?
About the Author...
“Not all who wander are lost.” Juliet Waldron earned a B. A. in English,
but has worked at jobs ranging from artist’s model to brokerage. Thirty years
ago, after the boys left home, she dropped out of 9-5 and began to write,
hoping to create a genuine time travel experience for herself–and for her
readers. She loves her grand-girls and her kitties, likes to take long hikes,
and reads historical/archeological non-fiction as well as reviewing for the
Historical Novel Society. For summer adventure, she rides behind her husband of
50 years on his “bucket list” (black, and ridiculously fast) Hyabusa
motorcycle.
GIVEAWAY TIME
What's your favourite historical period? Mine is the Italian Renaissance, though many more call to me incessantly.
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