Song of Buchenwald: A novel about the great Austrian composer Franz Lehar and Adolf Hitler - Couverture souple

Walker, James

 
9781915494450: Song of Buchenwald: A novel about the great Austrian composer Franz Lehar and Adolf Hitler
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1915494451 ISBN 13 : 9781915494450
Editeur : The Conrad Press, 2023

Synopsis

In 1905, a sixteen-year-old Austrian boy falls in love with the music of his compatriot Franz Lehár when he attends the premiere of Lehár’s operetta ‘The Merry Widow’. The boy dreams of becoming an artist in Vienna, has no great interest in politics and shows no signs of anti-Semitism. His name is Adolf Hitler. Inspired by real events, ‘Song of Buchenwald’ vividly portrays Hitler’s transformation into a murderous, racist fanatic, and Vienna’s degeneration into a hotbed of extremism and hate, where Lehár’s Jewish wife Sophie and his Jewish colleagues – including the great librettist Fritz Löhner-Beda – find themselves in grave and constant danger. Yet one fact remains unchanged: Hitler is still a great admirer of Lehár’s music. Can Lehár use this to persuade Hitler to spare Sophie a

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À propos de l?auteur

James Walker is a retired lawyer living near Canterbury, Kent. He is married with two sons and five grandchildren. He has a lifelong love of history. James has German ancestry on both sides of his family.

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Éditeur
The Conrad Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1915494451
ISBN 13 
9781915494450
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
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Personne responsable
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