A vividly imagined, gripping novel about the ship's orchestra on the Titantic, doomed to play to the very last. On April 10 1912, seven musicians board the Titanic. They are a motley crew, coming from across Europe to play on the maiden voyage of the world's largest passenger ship. During their final five days, their life stories gradually unfold each musician embodying one private part of the mosaic that is Europe on the edge of the century.
 
 
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This is a haunting story of a womans desire in a time of turbulence. Alys joins the nunnery to escape hardship and poverty but finds herself thrown back into the outside world when Henry VIIIs wreckers destroy her sanctuary. With nothing to support her but her looks, her magic and her own instinctive cunning, Alys has to tread a perilous path between the faith of her childhood and her own female power. When she falls in love with Hugo, the feudal lord and another womans husband, she dips into witchcraft to defeat her rival and to win her lover, but finds as her cynical old foster-mother had advised that magic makes a poor servant but a dominant master. Since heresy against the new church means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alyss danger is mortal. A womans powers are no longer safe to use!   The picture shown is the actual book you will receive   Our Older Edition Small Paperbacks are worn or show heavy wear. These books are below our usual standard and could be considered as damaged. We just think they are worth one last chance at a home.     This book has / or may have: Tanning to pages. Edge worn covers. Creases to spin and or cover. Previous owners name or inscription. Bumping and wear.   All pages are intact, binding is tight and this book is acceptable as a reading copy (Not as a Collectable Grade) Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.