Review: Sedition

Katharine Grant

Set in 1794 in London, this tale of seduction and piano-playing is gripping. The tale revolves around the daughters of city men. The fathers, many from humble backgrounds, are desperate to marry their daughters off to eligible bachelors.

One father, Tobias Drigg, wants to teach the girls to play the pianoforte and have them perform a concert for prospective husbands. Drigg sets off to find a pianoforte, and meets facially deformed Annie, daughter of the shopkeeper, and also a French pianoforte teacher. Both women become key to the story.