Story of the Century : Wagner and the creation of The Ring by Michael Downes

Story of the Century : Wagner and the creation of The Ring by Michael DownesA colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung. The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy and Victor Hugo, also one of the century's master storytellers. But the story of how Wagner created the work is one full of intrigue and triumphs against unlikely odds as well as

pilgrims and castaways’ANNE ENRIGHTThe disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life

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Erika Fatland travels along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus

Laszlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through drink and his own fecklessness

claims to be able to see into the lives of her patients simply by touching their body

When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears

must weave their own destinies' The Times'Claire North has set a new standard for Ancient Greek retellings

line art illustrations and full colour photographic images throughout

sandwiched between bringing up our families

As the rift between them deepens

Can they set aside their differences and find a way to get along

and - in 1939-1945 - moral catastrophe