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Appassionata
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
Effervescent as champagne, Jilly Cooper's novel brings back old favourites like Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black.
Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world.
When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Given the chance to take over the Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, Abby is ecstatic, not realising the RSO is composed of the wildest bunch of musicians ever to blow a horn or caress a fiddle.
Abby finds it increasingly difficult to control her undisciplined rabble and pretend she is not madly attracted to the fatally glamorous horn player Viking O'Neill. And then Rannaldini, arch fiend and international maestro, rolls up with Machiavellian plans of his own.
Critic reviews
"Delicious: light as a souffle and with divine flashes of wit. I could not put the...thing down." (Sunday Express)
"Appassionata - the divine Jilly Cooper's latest and greatest novel." (The Sunday Times)
"Triumphant...a boisterous tale of sex and Chopin amongst Rutshire folk." (Tatler)
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-05-20
Audio narration oddly stilted
The audio narration on this is oddly stilted. It almost sounds like a computer reading it. I read the book on kindle and bought the audio file to go with it. I had to stop listening and read it instead. I'm sorry to be negative but the narration really didn't do the book justice.
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- Angela Kenneth
- 04-02-19
My favourite JC novel
It's a wonderful book, but the Scottish accents are truly awful. I cringed hearing them, can you guess I am scottish. Nevertheless i enjoyed this audible translation because of my love of the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-21
Another great read!
Not as good as Riders and Rivals in my opinion, although to be fair they will take some beating.
Still a great audio book and would recommend.
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- Emily
- 26-03-24
So boring
Iv loved the whole rest of the series but this one literally nothing has happened for the middle 6/8 hours of listening. First book ever not to finish
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- Sarah
- 19-03-24
Not my favourite from Rutshire so far.
I found the start and the end great but found the middle a little boring,
I’m not musical at all so didn’t really connect.
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- Kathy J
- 11-03-24
Typical Jilly
I did enjoy this book, but have to agree with a previous review in that it was nowhere near as good as the previous books in this series. However it was very likeable and very Jilly Cooper. I am getting a little fed up with all the puns now, which are becoming very overdone.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-24
Excellent escapism
I was hooked to this story and listened to it as I did a charity walk during February - great stuff. Thanks Jilly x
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- MS KM DORE
- 28-02-24
Old and new friends.
My only gripe is that there is so much champagne drunk and moet is always mispronounced. A small niggle, but I have never been able to afford moet so I suppose I am just wildly jealous.
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- Mary Westerby
- 15-11-23
Well narration
Struggled with it …so many characters …and not easy if you don’t understand classical music :(
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- Julie M.
- 14-07-23
Great book
fab as usual and never ages.wish I was a character on real life. love this book
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