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Name: The piano tuner
Rating: 3.666666666666 (3 reviews)
Author: Daniel Mason

In October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a mysterious request from the British War Office: he must abandon his quiet life in London and travel to the Burmese jungles to repair a rare Erard grand piano. The instrument belongs to an army surgeon‑major whose unconventional blend of poetry, medicine, and music has fostered a fragile peace in the southern Shan States, yet has raised questions among his superiors. On his voyage across Europe, the Red Sea, and India, Edgar encounters soldiers, mystics, bandits, and talespinners, as well as a elusive woman who mirrors the enigmatic surgeon‑major. At a remote Burmese fort on a river, he confronts a danger and mystery far beyond his expectations, deepening the intrigue surrounding the surgeon‑major’s peacemaking mission.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Daniel Mason

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