
The Sunday Times bestseller; You know the musicbut do you know the man?; Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the world's best loved & most influential composers His life
- its dramas conflicts loves & losses
- is played out in his music; Now John Suchet shows us the man behind the music in this compelling biography of a musical genius He reveals a difficult & complex character struggling to continue his profession as musician despite increasing deafness alienating friends with unprovoked outbursts of anger one moment overwhelming them with excessive kindness & generosity the next living in a city in almost constant disarray because of war with France; This is the real Beethoven & Suchet brings him faithfully & vividly to life