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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780805099928
- Categories [2024], BX, BXOS, F LIT, Fiction, H/C, Literary Fiction, LOCATION_B, SELECTX
- Author(s) Katharine Grant
- Publisher Henry Holt & Company
- Pages 307
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 14.8cm x 2.9cm x 21.7cm
- Weight 0.399 kg
product description
"Extremely impressive . . . . A wonderful read from a born storyteller." ―Chris Cleave, New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee
"A wicked sense of humor . . . . Subversive and thrilling . . . It will keep you up all night." ―The New York Times Book Review
"Like Jane Austen on crack cocaine . . . . A triumph of wit and brio." ―The Scotsman
An unforgettable historical tale of piano playing, passions, and female power
The setting of Sedition by Katharine Grant: London, 1794.
The problem: Four nouveau rich fathers with five marriageable daughters.
The plan: The young women will learn to play the piano, give a concert for young Englishmen who have titles but no fortunes, and will marry very well indeed.
The complications: The lascivious (and French) piano teacher; the piano maker's jealous (and musically gifted) daughter; the one of these marriageable daughters with a mating plan of her own.
While it might be a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a title and no money must be in want of a fortune, what does a sexually awakened young woman want? In her wickedly alluring romp through the late-Georgian London, Italian piano making, and tightly-fitted Polonaise gowns, Katharine Grant has written a startling and provocative debut.
