Home | Books By Year | Books from 1999
Music and Silence
Buy Music and Silence now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the book. And once you've experienced the book, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
)
'Music and Silence' is a historical novel written by English author Rose Tremain. It is set in and around the court of Christian IV of Denmark in the years 1629 and 1630.
The book won Best Novel at the 1999 Whitbread Awards.
The main historical event depicted is the end of Christian's second marriage, to Kirsten Munk, and the start of his third, to Vibeke Kruse. There are also numerous sub-plots and parallel stories, the main one being the love affair between two fictional characters, an English lutenist Peter Claire and Emilia Tilsen, a Danish servant of Kirsten's. In addition there are several references to Danish history and flashbacks to Christian's childhood and subsequent development.
Category:Historical novels
Category:Novels set in Copenhagen
Category:1999 novels
Category:Fiction set in 1629
Category:Fiction set in 1630
Category:Chatto & Windus books
Category:Novels about music
Category:Cultural depictions of Christian IV of Denmark
Category:Novels set in the 17th century
Buy Music and Silence now from Amazon
<-- Return to books from 1999