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“The Instrumentalist is a novel about an all-girls orphanage in Venice, where they’re brought up on music. They learn to play the violin and sing, and Vivaldi teaches them. This is a true story!…The novel focuses on one of the orphans, Anna Maria della Pietà, and her relationship with Vivaldi. She becomes not just a star student and a really great violinist, but she starts composing, and Harriet indicates that she may influence Vivaldi as much as he influences her.” Read more...
Historical Novels Set in Italy
Tracy Chevalier, Historical Novelist
