Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind and His Music Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult (2000) wise and childish—and thoroughly original

wise and childish—and thoroughly original

As Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee set out to solve the two murders

you will meet people whose everyday lives reveal how a generation persevered through war

in the face of humanitarian crisis

And he's soon encountering lies

Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind and His Music Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult (2000) wise and childish—and thoroughly originalWagner's musical genius bestrode the late nineteenth century and obsessed the early twentieth. Robert Gutman discusses Wagner's achievement against the background of his life and ideas. His behaviour was, by any standards, appalling, his ideas often monstrous; nevertheless his operas, or 'music dramas', were and are magnificent. His story makes fascinating reading, whether one is a devoted Wagnerite or not. Published 1971, Pelican Book. Binding of