Title: First night
First published: 1989
Description: In the year 1802, banished by her father for refusing to marry, Lady Cristabel teams up with the American Martha Peabody and heads to Lissenberg to continue her opera career, becoming involved instead in political intrigues. It is a world where the hazards of Napoleonic power politics mix with the glamour of early 19th century opera and culture.
Subjects: Fiction, general