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WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD
The lives loves adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer
Magnificent Kate Mosse Riveting Antonia Fraser A breath of fresh air Kate Molleson Fascinating Alexandra Harris Wonderful Claire Tomalin Splendid Miranda Seymour Remarkable Fiona Maddocks Pioneering Andrew Motion Brilliant Helen Pankhurst
Ethel Smyth b1858 Famed for her operas this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a largerthanlife socialite intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette
Rebecca Clarke b1886 This talented violist and PreRaphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra later celebrated for her modernist experimentation