Beyond Desire by Pierre La Mure (1957)
Beyond Desire by Pierre La Mure (1957)
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The passionate life behind a musical legacy
Fair Condition – vintage book with heavy cover wear, extensive foxing and spotting and page tanning.
Pierre La Mure turns the life of composer Felix Mendelssohn into a richly imagined historical novel. Born into privilege and extraordinary talent, Mendelssohn moves through the artistic and political world of nineteenth-century Europe while negotiating family expectations, ambition, love and the demands of public success. Famous musicians, writers and royal circles form the background to a private story shaped by beauty and conflict. Beyond Desire blends biography and fiction to portray the creative drive, relationships and cultural tensions surrounding one of Romantic music’s great figures.
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