Rondo Allegro

In 1799, all of Europe is at war. In Palermo, sixteen-year-old singer-in-training Anna Maria Ludovisi is married by her dying father to Captain Henry Duncannon, the Perennial Bachelor, who sets sail minutes after the wedding. The threat of French invasion causes Anna to flee to Paris, where she must transform herself into a professional singer in order to survive as Napoleon Bonaparte is transforming France at the end of the Revolution.

In 1805, Anna's opera company is traveling through Spain when events bring the long-missing Captain Duncannon and his forgotten wife back together again, as the English, Spanish, and French fleets converge for battle off the Cape of Trafalgar. For both Henry Duncannon and Anna, everything changes: the demands of war, the obligation of family, the meaning of love, and the concept of home. Can they find a new life together?

This romantic Napoleonic-period historical from Sherwood Smith, author of DANSE DE LA FOLIE, explores the challenges faced by Anna and Henry as they navigate the turbulent times of the Napoleonic era, their personal and professional lives, and the possibility of rebuilding their relationship in the aftermath of war.

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