On an otherwise all-too-ordinary day in 1814, Mr Mozart receives both an unusual letter from Vienna and a commission of sorts from Whitehall that thrusts him into a world of intrigue, espionage, murder, and delicate international negotiations. Somewhat relatedly, there’s a rather important diplomatic congress unfurling…

2022 note casefic starring alternate-universe Mozart. Really enjoyable tone, full of brilliant references and I always love it when an author has done huge amounts of research (and even includes a list of works cited! 😍). I’ll have to go back and reread this one when I haven’t just been trying to get through an entire fest collection in one morning, because there are so many little features I want to be able to fully appreciate.