Mozart's Last Aria - A Novel

Award-winning author Matt Rees takes readers to 18th centuryAustria, where Mozart''s estranged sister Nannerl stumblesinto a world of ambition, conspiracy, and immortal music while attempting touncover the truth about her brother''s suspicious death. Did Mozart''s life endin murder? Nannerl must brave dire circumstances tofind out, running afoul of the secret police, the freemasons, and even theAustrian Emperor himself as she delves into a scandal greater than she had everimagined. With captivating historical details, compelling characters, and areal-life mystery upon which everything hinges, Rees--the award-winning authorof the internationally acclaimed Omar Yussefcrime series--writes in the tradition of Irvin Yalom''s When Nietzsche Wept , Louis Bayard''s The Pale Blue Eye , andPhillip Sington''s The Einstein Girl to achievethe very best in historical fiction with Mozart''s Last Aria .>

Product details

• Authors: Matt Rees
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780062015860
• ISBN: 978-0-06-201586-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial; P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; Fiction > Suspense; Historical romance, Romantic suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Alternative history fiction, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Romance / Historical / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General