Join us for the evening with best-selling author Harriet Constable as we celebrate the paperback release of her stunning debut The Instrumentalist – a dazzling historical novel set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history’s greatest musical masterpieces.

Harriet will be in conversation with bookshop owner Kelly and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Complimentary refreshments are available on arrival.

About The Instrumentalist:
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Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent.

Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil.

But as Anna Maria’s star rises, not everyone is happy. Because Anna Maria’s shining light threatens to eclipse that of her mentor…

She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. Her story will be heard.

About the author:

Harriet Constable is a journalist, filmmaker and author based in London. Her journalism and documentary work has featured in outlets including the New York Times, BBC, Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, NPR, and the Economist. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism summer school and is a Pulitzer Center grantee and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.