Books by Vivien Shotwell
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review 1: Quite a fun read and decently written... the music stuff, for once in a very rare while, was mostly portrayed accurately and interestingly, albeit passionately (WITH ONE ENORMOUS EXCEPTION OMG). The whole concept... I mean... I like the idea of focusing on Nancy Storace, who must...
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review 1: Vivien Shotwell's first novel was hard to put down. Full disclosure, I have long been interested, as is the author, in the women for whom Mozart composed. This is the fictionalized story of Anna (Nancy) Storace: the first Susanna. Warning: if you are a soprano, you will never ...
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review 1: This would be such a good movie! Mozart! Arias! Opera! The book is a history lesson set within a well-told story about a diva from the time of Mozart. Makes me want to see Vienna even more than before, but at an early age. There is no sympathy to be found for the main character, ...