In the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realizes that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Claire understands that he's come to a place where the opposing states of light and dark, good and evil are waging war to the death. Designated the King's 'Angel' because of his good looks, he finds himself falling in love with the young woman who is the companion of the King's adulterous and estranged wife, Kirsten. With his loyalties fatally divided between duty and passion, how can Peter Claire find the path that will realize his hopes and save his soul?"From the Trade Paperback edition."
- ISBN10 0374199892
- ISBN13 9780374199890
- Publish Date 6 April 2000 (first published 2 September 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 485
- Language English