Every Valley

<p><b><i>Every Valley </i>tells the extraordinary story behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written ¿ a cinematic and moving drama of entangled lives at a pivotal moment in history.</b><br><br><i>London, 1741.</i><br><br>An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. <br><br>A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city¿s abandoned infants. <br><br>An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment. <br><br>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.<br><br>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, <i>Every Valley </i>tells the story behind the creation of Handel¿s <i>Messiah</i>: a