The Times top ten bestseller'As tightly tuned as a thriller' Telegraph'A marvel' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'Compelling, vividly described magic' Observer'Historical fiction as it should be written' Mail on Sunday'Remarkable' New York TimesAnna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her...

From the author of the international bestseller The InstrumentalistParis. Winter, 1705. Marie, beautiful, shy, arrives to paint the mysterious and difficult La Maupin - the legendary opera star who has not been seen in public for months. Both women have much to hide, and as a storm brews outside, their tightly wound performances give way to their desires. Marie isn't here to simply paint La Maupin. She's here for the real woman behind the ...

Bloomsbury presents The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable, read by the Emmy nominated actor and Games of Thrones star Emilia Clarke.Nominated for Best Performance: Narrator at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards).The Times top ten bestseller‘As tightly tuned as a thriller’ Telegraph‘A marvel’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave‘Compelling, vividly described magic’ Obser...