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At Dawn, Two Nightingales

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At Dawn, Two Nightingales

Swansea University Author: Alan Bilton Orcid Logo

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At Dawn, Two Nightingales is a comic opera in novel form, set in 18th Century Bohemia in the time of Mozart. Its title derives from a poem said to be the most dangerous verse in the world, its haunted stanzas believed to possess mysterious, supernatural powers. The impoverished Count Mitrovsky belie...

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Published in: At Dawn, Two Nightingales
ISBN: 978-1-8380043-4-7
Published: Exeter Watermark Press 2024
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