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A novel with three narrative strands: 4th century Rome, Weimar Germany, and late 20th century London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle and its triumph.
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The emperor waltz, Philip Hensher
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- The emperor waltz
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Philip Hensher
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 2014
- ISBN10
- 0007459599
- ISBN13
- 9780007459599
- Category
- World prose
- Description
- A novel with three narrative strands: 4th century Rome, Weimar Germany, and late 20th century London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle and its triumph.