| Author: | Helen Dunmore | ISBN: | 9780241965429 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Helen Dunmore |
| ISBN: | 9780241965429 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
'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.
'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.
