The Common Piano Teacher

Nathalie, as a baby was left on the steps of the Regent street Orphanage in London. She hada small silver bracelet on her wrist engraved with her name. In the orphanage she learnt toplay the piano she also experienced her first true love with the Irish girl, Cathleen. Duringher time in the orphanage she also befriended a farmer and his French wife. At sixteen yearsof age she left the Orphanage to work as a servant with an aristocratic English family. Thereshe tutored their younger daughter Emily on the piano. All went well until the master of thehouse attempted to rape her. After that she was falsely accused of theft and had to fled toParis to escape the English police. Emily because of unforeseen circumstances joined her inParis. Emily loved a stable boy, Nathalie loved a Baron. Both men were beyond their grasp.Fate then had them both accused of a crime they did not commit. Both then faced death bythe guillotine. Both girls had to avoid that death at all costs. Their paths would separate undertotally different situations in avoiding the guillotine. They then both had to be united withthe men they loved. With their personal struggles and triumphs they had to also navigatetheir way through the French Revolution back to the safety of the shores of England. Wouldboth girls eventually avoid death by the guillotine. Would either of them end up with theman they loved. This is a story of adventure, of miraculous circumstances, of avoiding deathby the guillotine and of people seeking love. It’s a story about a common piano teacher andher pupil and best friend Emily. It’s a story of love however both girls would have to kill tosurvive. Adeline, a French prostitute was the key to that survival. Adeline would also haveto kill to survive. Amongst the killings would love triumph.