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Oxford, 1844: Sir John Maltravers is a young man who has everything; brains, talent, money, and a staunch best friend in fellow-student William Gaskell. When he falls in love with his beautiful cousin Constance at a University ball, his happiness is complete. But he's already under another, more sinister spell: a haunting tune William brought back from his travels to Italy has led John to discover a priceless Stradivarius, lost for a hundred years, and his obsession with the violin threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. In Naples, John begins to unearth the history of Adrian Temple, the violin's former owner; a gambler, rake and black magician who cannot let go of the instrument - even in death. William, Constance and John's sister Sophie can only watch, horrified, as the struggle between John's love of his wife and family, and the unholy power of the Stradivarius, becomes a battle to the death - and beyond. Based on a classic Victorian ghost story by John Meade Falkner, author of Moonfleet, The Lost Stradivarius is a scintillatingly dark tale of desire, devotion, obsession, and the seductive power of music.
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