Mozart's last aria : a novel [WorldCat Entities]

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"It is 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is enlightenment Vienna's brightest star. Six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had been poisoned. Yesterday, he died. The city is buzzing with rumours of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder."@en
"Wanneer Maria Anna Mozart bericht krijgt dat haar befaamde broer is overleden, spoedt zij zich naar Wenen om uit te zoeken hoe en waaraan hij is gestorven."
"The news arrives in a letter to his sister, Nannerl, in December 1791. But the message carries more than word of Nannerl's brother's demise. Two months earlier, Mozart confided to his wife that his life was rapidly drawing to a close . . . and that he knew he had been poisoned. In Vienna to pay her final respects, Nannerl soon finds herself ensnared in a web of suspicion and intrigue'as the actions of jealous lovers, sinister creditors, rival composers, and Mozart's Masonic brothers suggest that dark secrets hastened the genius to his grave. As Nannerl digs deeper into the mystery surrounding her brother's passing, Mozart's black fate threatens to overtake her as well. Transporting readers to the salons and concert halls of eighteenth-century Austria, Mozart's Last Aria is a magnificent historical mystery that pulls back the curtain on a world of soaring music, burning passion, and powerful secrets."@en
"In October 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the greatest musical genius the world has ever seen, told his wife he had been poisoned. Six weeks later, at the age of thirty-five he was dead."
"It is 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is enlightenment Vienna's brightest star. Six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had been poisoned. Yesterday, he died. The city is buzzing with rumours of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder. But Wolfgang's sister Nannerl, returned from the provinces to investigate, will not believe base gossip. Yet as she looks closely at what her brother left behind - a handwritten score, a scrap of paper from his journal - Nannerl finds traces of something sinister."
"It is 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is enlightenment Vienna's brightest star. Master of the city's music halls and devoted member of the Austrian Freemason's guild, he stands at the heart of an electric mix of art and music, philosophy and science, politics and intrigue. Six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had been poisoned. Yesterday, he died. The city is buzzing with rumours of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder. But Wolfgang's sister Nannerl, returned from the provinces to investigate, will not believe base gossip. Who but a madman would poison such a genius?"@en
"Wien 1791. Vor sechs Wochen hat Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart den Verdacht geäussert, vergiftet worden zu sein. Nun, am 5. Dezember, ist er tot, Diagnose: "hitziges Frieselfieber". Fast vierzig Jahre später überreicht seine Schwester "Nannerl" ihrem Neffen Franz Xaver, Mozarts Sohn, das Tagebuch einer Reise nach Wien kurz nach Mozarts Tod. Es erzählt die Geschichte ihrer Suche nach der Wahrheit, die sie in die Salons des Wiener Hochadels, in Geheimlogen und Konzertsäle, Palais und Opernsäle führt und mit den Komplotten österreichischer und preussischer Geheimdienste konfrontiert. Im Zentrum steht Mozarts letzte Oper "Die Zauberflöte", die den Schlüssel für das Geheimnis um Mozarts Tod enthalten mag. Ein spannend geschriebener, atmosphärisch dichter Krimi um Verbrechen, Wahrheit und Lüge, Sehnsucht und das ewige Band der Geschwisterliebe. Matt Beynon Rees wurde 1967 in South Wales geboren. Er war lange Jerusalemer Bürochef der Time, für die er weiterhin schreibt. Matt B. Rees lebt mit seiner Familie in Jerusalem. www.mattrees.net."
"Mozart's estranged sister, Madame Maria Anna Berchtold von Sonnenburg (called Nannerl by her family), travels to Vienna to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her brother's sudden death."
"Mozart's estranged sister, Madame Maria Anna Berchtold von Sonnenburg (called Nannerl by her family), travels to Vienna to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her brother's sudden death."@en
"It is 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is enlightenment Vienna's brightest star. Master of the city's music halls and devoted member of the Austrian Freemason's guild, he stands at the heart of an electric mix of art and music, philosophy and science, politics and intrigue. Six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had been poisoned. Yesterday, he died. The city is buzzing with rumours of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder. But Wolfgang's sister Nannerl, returned from the provinces to investigate, will not believe base gossip. Who but a madman would poison such a genius? Yet as she looks closely at what her brother left behind, a handwritten score, a scrap of paper from his journal, Nannerl finds traces of something sinister: the threads of a masonic conspiracy that reach from the gilded ballrooms of Viennese society to the faceless offices of the Prussian secret service. Only when watching Wolfgang's bewitching opera, The Magic Flute, does Nannerl truly understand her beloved brother once again. For, encoded in his final arias, is a subtly crafted blueprint for a radical new tomorrow. Mozart hoped to change his future. Instead he sealed his fate."