Winnie And Wolf by An Wilson
Winnie and Wolf is the story of the extraordinary relationship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler that took place during the years 1923-40, as seen through the eyes of the secretary at the Wagner house in Bayreuth.
A subtle and captivating fiction * The Times *
An extraordinary work whose achievements are almost Wagnerian in scale * Daily Mail *
A thoroughly engrossing read.. A.N. Wilson offers a plethora of fascinating ideas on politics, philosophy and, above all, the music of Wagner... Winnie and Wolf vividly brings to life a place, a time and an extraordinary family * Mail on Sunday *
Deeply clever and gripping... Vividly presented and immaculately researched * Spectator *
Winnie and Wolf tells a convincing story; it is an emotionally fraught account of German Kultur at war and peace... A.N. Wilson's art is to create a richly chromatic drama of a Romantic Germany, darkened by the atonal experiments of Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Leverkühn, and the murderous ideas of Wolf * Times Literary Supplement *
An extraordinary work whose achievements are almost Wagnerian in scale * Daily Mail *
A thoroughly engrossing read.. A.N. Wilson offers a plethora of fascinating ideas on politics, philosophy and, above all, the music of Wagner... Winnie and Wolf vividly brings to life a place, a time and an extraordinary family * Mail on Sunday *
Deeply clever and gripping... Vividly presented and immaculately researched * Spectator *
Winnie and Wolf tells a convincing story; it is an emotionally fraught account of German Kultur at war and peace... A.N. Wilson's art is to create a richly chromatic drama of a Romantic Germany, darkened by the atonal experiments of Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Leverkühn, and the murderous ideas of Wolf * Times Literary Supplement *
A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099492474 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099492474 |
| Title | Winnie And Wolf |
| Author | An Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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