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King’s keen insight into arts, culture, and military history creates immersive experiences that deepen understanding of the forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"every-valley-by-charles-king-9781847928450","title":"Every Valley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's \u003cem\u003eMessiah\u003c\/em\u003e, the most performed piece of classical music ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon - Dublin, 1741-42.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants. An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment. 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Unforgettable'\u003c\/em\u003e - SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A mesmerising journey through one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history'\u003c\/em\u003e - AMANDA FOREMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon - Dublin, 1741-42.\u003cbr\u003e\nAn actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.\u003cbr\u003e\nA penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants.\u003cbr\u003e\nAn African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity.\u003cbr\u003e\nA grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience's attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An absolute delight, beautifully told'\u003c\/em\u003e - PETER FRANKOPAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy, and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, \u003cem\u003eEvery Valley\u003c\/em\u003e is a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fascinating... cinematic... truly informative, imaginative and engaging'\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932155560172,"sku":"9781529942873","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529942873-every-valley.jpg?v=1783855080"},{"product_id":"midnight-at-the-pera-palace-by-charles-king-9780393351866","title":"Midnight at the Pera Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet in Istanbul-an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city-people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles ousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trail of the exiled Leon Trotsky, German professors, British diplomats, and American entrepreneurs-a multicultural panoply of performers and poets, do-gooders and ne'er-do-wells. During the Second World War, thousands of Jews fleeing occupied Europe found passage through Istanbul, some with the help of the future Pope John XXIII. 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