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The Emperor Waltz

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Eccentricity triumphs in history-straddling tale

"The Emperor Waltz" is an ambitious and daring novel with three narrative strands that span different points in history. The novel follows a small and eccentric group of characters in each time period, exploring their passionate beliefs and hidden secrets. This book is perfect for readers who enjoy complex storytelling and unconventional characters. Hensher's writing style is almost fizzy, giving the story a unique flair and majesty that will captivate readers from start to finish.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Emperor Waltz

by Philip Hensher
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ISBN: 9780007459599
Authors: Philip Hensher
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Date of Publication: 2015-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: LGBT
Goodreads rating: 3.49
(rated by 435 readers)

Description

In a third-century desert settlement on the fringes of the Roman Empire, a new wife becomes fascinated by a cult that is persecuted by the Emperor Diocletian. In 1922, Christian, a young artist, travels to Weimar to begin his studies at the Bauhaus, where the avant-garde confronts conservative elements around it. With postwar Germany in turmoil, while the Bauhaus attempts to explore radical ways of thinking and living, Christian finds that love will change him for ever. And in 1970s London Duncan uses his inheritance to establish the country’s first gay bookshop in the face of opposition from the neighbours and victimisation by the police.Delving deep into the human spirit to explore connections between love, sanctity, commitment and virtue, Philip Hensher takes as his subject small groups of men and women, tightly bound together, trying to change the world through the example of their lives. The Emperor Waltz is an absorbing echo-chamber of a novel, innovative and compelling, that explores what it means for us to belong to each other.
 

Eccentricity triumphs in history-straddling tale

"The Emperor Waltz" is an ambitious and daring novel with three narrative strands that span different points in history. The novel follows a small and eccentric group of characters in each time period, exploring their passionate beliefs and hidden secrets. This book is perfect for readers who enjoy complex storytelling and unconventional characters. Hensher's writing style is almost fizzy, giving the story a unique flair and majesty that will captivate readers from start to finish.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.