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An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart¿s formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart¿s Women and Handel in London.

I don't want crumpets, waffles or bread. I want chocolate, just chocolate, I WANT CHOCOLATE' she said. In this illustrated morality tale, Ana loves chocolate more than anything else in the whole world. After dreaming about it all night, she pleads for it all day. But when Ana finally gets her way, what could go wrong?

Joyous, wise, reassuring and laugh-out-loud funny. I love these two women so much.' Elizabeth Day'The two funniest women on planet earth right now.' Dolly Alderton'I want to be Fi and Jane when I grow up.' Clare Balding'A book like no other. Honest and very, very funny. Some bits made me want to cheer.' Sara Cox'If you loved the late, great Victoria Wood, then you'll love Fi and Jane too.' Red magazineAward-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and J...

Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have any of the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays they take modern life by its elasticated waist and give it a brisk going over with a stiff brush.They riff together on the chuff of life, from pet deaths to broadcasting hierarchies, via the importance of hair dye, the perils and pleasures of judging other women, and the perplexing o...

Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have any of the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays they take modern life by its elasticated waist and give it a brisk going over with a stiff brush.They riff together on the chuff of life, from pet deaths to broadcasting hierarchies, via the importance of hair dye, the perils and pleasures of judging other women, and the perplexing o...

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In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frideric Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the rest of his life, composing masterpiece after masterpiece. In Handel in London, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel's work throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell his story. I...

Praise for Mozart’s Women‘In Glover’s book, Mozart is present as never before . . . [it] immeasurably enhances our sense of who Mozart was, opening window after window into a whole series of remarkable lives. No one who cares about him or his music should be without it’ Simon Callow, Guardian‘Jane Glover’s elegant and fascinating book illuminates an aspect of Mozart, and of his work, that has often been touched on but never with such detail an...

A rich and evocative account of the life and work of one of the world's favorite composers-from the acclaimed author of Mozart's Women.In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Freidrich Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music activity in ...

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The compelling story of the women in Mozart's life and in his operas is published in time for the 250th anniversary of his birthday in January. Rich and evocative, it illuminates the music and the man, but, above all, the women who inspired him.

A major new biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told through the prism of women in his life. Includes his mother, sister, wife, sisters-in-law, patrons, friends, lovers and artists who all figured in his life and can shed light on Mozart. Rich, evocative and compellingly readable.