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The Queen's Soprano by Carol Dines is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Queen's Soprano about?
<p><P>A powerful historical novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who would sacrifice everything in order to be free to sing.</p><h3>Laura Woodruff - VOYA</h3><p>Life in seventeenth-century Rome is difficult for a beautiful and exceptionally talented girl, especially one born into a humble family. Seventeen-year-old Angelica Voglia does not question her ambitious mother or the generous priest who funds her musical education until orphan Lucia becomes her family's servant and Angelica's best friend. Lucia warns Angelica that her mother means to sell her to the highest bidder in order to advance her own station. Among the many suitors who gather daily beneath Angelica's window, the teenager favors French artist Theodon. Although poor, handsome, and gifted, Theodon has prospects. They court secretly with Lucia as a go-between. When Angelica discovers that her mother intends to deliver her to a married nobleman at the conclusion of a performance, she arranges to enter the service of Swedish Queen Christina and to live protected in the only quarter of Rome where women are permitted to sing. What follows is a series of intrigues and dangerous encounters as Angelica seeks to chart her own
Who reads The Queen's Soprano?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Carol Dines
- Publisher
- Harcourt Paperbacks
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780152061029
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (676 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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