The Young Cosima
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Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed , price clipped
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A sweeping work of biographical fiction, The Young Cosima chronicles the turbulent early life of Cosima Liszt, daughter of the legendary composer Franz Liszt, as she navigates the passionate and often scandalous world of nineteenth-century European music. Henry Handel Richardson traces Cosima's complex relationships with her domineering father, her first husband Hans von Bülow, and ultimately the magnetic Richard Wagner, whose genius and ambition would reshape her destiny entirely. Written with Richardson's characteristic psychological depth and lyrical precision, the novel presents an intimate portrait of a woman caught between duty and desire in an era when female autonomy was fiercely constrained. Rich in historical detail and emotional intensity, it illuminates the inner lives of some of the most towering figures in the Romantic musical tradition, rendering them fully human in their contradictions and longings.
Author: Henry Handel Richardson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1934, William Heinemann Ltd
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of biographical fiction, The Young Cosima chronicles the turbulent early life of Cosima Liszt, daughter of the legendary composer Franz Liszt, as she navigates the passionate and often scandalous world of nineteenth-century European music. Henry Handel Richardson traces Cosima's complex relationships with her domineering father, her first husband Hans von Bülow, and ultimately the magnetic Richard Wagner, whose genius and ambition would reshape her destiny entirely. Written with Richardson's characteristic psychological depth and lyrical precision, the novel presents an intimate portrait of a woman caught between duty and desire in an era when female autonomy was fiercely constrained. Rich in historical detail and emotional intensity, it illuminates the inner lives of some of the most towering figures in the Romantic musical tradition, rendering them fully human in their contradictions and longings.