This book was a delightful romance, and a vast departure from what modern publishers put out there under that genre. True romance is less anatomical and more in the heart, mind and emotions. This story has true romance. Harmony, a beautiful, young American violinist studying in Vienna in the early 1900's is adrift and almost penniless when she meets Peter, an American doctor studying in Vienna to become a surgeon. Each following their separate dream, they find a way to survive by pooling their resources and meet some facinating characters along the way. There is Anna, the middle-aged, spinster doctor who has given up on her dream of a husband and children; Stewart, a handsome medical student who exploits women for his own comfort and convenience, until a chance meeting high in the Alps upsets all his plans; Marie, a sad little member of the demi-monde, who makes the mistake of falling in love; a dying child; a Bosnian spy, and others. The characters are drawn with depth, sympathy and some become old friends. Solid writing, good pacing, and a large step above many novels of the time. I enjoyed it very much.