The Harp Lesson — Emma Tennant

Set in Revolutionary France, this atmospheric novel explores the life of `La Belle Pamela'. As a child Pamela Sims is taken from England to the French court, where she is brought up in luxury as the illegitimate daughter of Madame de Genlis. Exploring how her past shaped the extraordinary lives of Pamela and her daughter, this novel captures the atmosphere of 18th-century France and the complexity of a world where your origins are everything.