Every Valley

Name: Every Valley
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The Story of Handel's Messiah

By: Charles King

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Paperback | 17 February 2026

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352 Pages

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The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written

'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure. Unforgettable' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFORE

'A mesmerising journey through one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history' AMANDA FOREMAN

London - Dublin, 1741-42.

An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.

A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city’s abandoned infants.

An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity.

A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.

And a great composer to kings – George Frideric Handel – now ill and straining to keep an audience’s attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.

'An absolute delight, beautifully told' PETER FRANKOPAN

Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley is a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.

'Fascinating...cinematic...truly informative, imaginative and engaging' Financial Times

About the Author

Charles King is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University where he teaches a popular course called ‘Ethnicity, Race, and Nation'. His many books include Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul, a 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, winner of a National Jewish Book Award in 2011. His writing has appeared in the TLS, New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic and other publications.

Industry Reviews

A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure, beautifully told. Unforgettable -SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

A mesmerizing journey through one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history -AMANDA FOREMAN

A book of power and glory, brimming with emotion and dazzling in its reach -STACY SCHIFF

Charles King shows how Handel’s epic work, the Messiah, sprang not from one solitary composer’s genius but from the dramatic interplay of eighteenth-century lives and their times. Fascinating and accessible to all -HENRY LOUIS GATES JR

Vividly depicting life in Britain during the turbulence of the 1700s, Charles King celebrates Handel's Messiah as a glorious beacon of hope -ELAINE PAGELS

An absolute delight, beautifully told – and featuring a veritable Who’s Who of the Georgian era -PETER FRANKOPAN

Charles King’s erudition is remarkable but never obtrusive, for he is a wonderful story-teller. Every Valley is eighteenth century history as page-turner, evoking both tears and laughter -ARCHIE BROWN

Engaging and enthusiastic . . . King handles a very large cast of characters and source material with energy, intelligence and aplomb -Freya Johnstone, Literary Review

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