Book 1974

Napoleon symphony

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Publisher: Knopf; [distributed by Random House]
Language: English
Published: 1974

Fiction
Kings and rulers
Fiction, general
France, fiction
Fiction, historical
Fiction, biographical
Fiction, historical, general
History

A grand and affectionate tragicomic symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte that teases and reweaves Napoleon's life into a pattern borrowed - in liberty, equality, and fraternity - from Beethoven's Third "Eroica" Symphony, in this rich, exciting, bawdy, and funny novel Anthony Burgess has pulled out all the stops for a virtuoso performance that is literary, historical, and musical.