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The Fallen Nightingale Review"I just finished the book, as the wonderful music of Granados played in the background. I love the book. I was reluctant to finish it for a very long time, preferring to have multiple endings in my head--I did like the ending--it fit their lives together after going through so much. The book is superb--the way characters were developed and stayed true to your vision of them--the descriptions of the characters, and the way they looked in the moment added so much to the reading. And you didn't overdo it--I was never tempted to skip over descriptive passages the way I usually do. The story line was lovely and compelling--I hope some day that it is a movie. Having real artists and musicians of the time as part of the story added to the book's authenticity. You added wonderful touches of mystery which lead to the multiple endings I imagined--which one of the loves would he end up with--or someone new? I liked that the book was so romantic--I appreciated that even though Granados was somewhat of a cad, he wasn't cruel, and always managed to come off as a gentleman. Thank you for the wonderful story and music--both enriched my life."
Marie Scheer, Coon Rapids, MN, USA
The Fallen Nightingale OverviewHistory and fiction merge seamlessly in The Fallen Nightingale, the story of pianist Enrique Granados, whose musical genius is now being rediscovered after nearly a century of obscurity. Dreaming of a time when his talent will be recognized, Granados endures years of frustration, betrayal, rejection and serious illness. Along the way, he meets a legendary opera tenor and amateur artist, a gourmand army general who saves Paris from the German invasion, a barefoot dancer with a legion of heartbroken suitors, an Austrian violinist wounded by charging Cossacks on the Russian front, a pianist who becomes Prime Minister of Poland, and a United States president who aspires to be the world's peacemaker -- and sings his national anthem off-key.
This riveting novel recaptures Granados' time in absorbing detail, drawn from Milton's intense six years of research in the countries and cities wherein Granados worked and lived. With a vivid sense of fin de siecle Europe, Milton takes the reader from Barcelona to Madrid, Paris, and London and on to New York and Washington. The novel is a feast for lovers of art, music, opera, biography, and history, and is spiced with the stuff of a potboiler: intrigue, romance, tragedy, dalliances of the rich and famous, storms at sea, and the devastation of World War I. Each book also includes a CD of Granados' music, performed by the internationally-renowned pianist, Douglas Riva.
Readers of literary fiction, biography or history will find themselves at the end of the Victorian Age, passing through the Modernist period and the upheaval preceding the Great War. The novel will be of special interest to devotees of piano and chamber music, to opera lovers and, for that matter, to virtually anyone moved by the power of music. As an armchair vacation or travel companion, it is sure to capture readers with the beauty, allure and magic of Granados' beloved homeland. In the tradition of The English Patient, Girl With A Pearl Earri

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