The Mandolin Lesson :: Frances Taylor

‘A fascinatingly-detailed account of how a love affair with the mandolin became a love affair with Italy as well. It shows the lengths to which an excellent musician will go to become an even better one.’ Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin	The mandolin lesson A journey of self-discovery in Italy
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Frances Taylor’s book The Mandolin Lesson, is an engaging, unique, quirky story of commuting to another country for music lessons. Beautifully redolent of an Italy before emails and mobiles, low cost fares and the channel tunnel, it relates an inspirational story of following one’s passion against all the odds. It is a journey of the moment that happened ahead of its time.