\'An absolutely masterly work\' Stephen Fry Alex Ross , renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics-an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence.
Illustrations: 100 b/w illus, 32 col plates, Index. \'An absolutely masterly work\' Stephen Fry Alex Ross , renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics-an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence