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CARR, JONATHAN: : THE WAGNER CLAN

LONDON.FABER & FABER LIMITED,2007.

ISBN 9780571207855.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt b/w biographical montage'd (upper panel) photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white,brown and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj's spine/backstrip lightly sunned/faded.Top corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges minimally aged/toned,as usual/normal,but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,top two corners minimally bumped and creased,otherwise sharp-cornered,original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark green+white striped headband and clean plain pale silver/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn, vii-xivpp+1-409pp [paginated] includes separate Contents+Plates lists/tables,a Preface,double-page Wagner Genealogical family tree,19 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp142/3 and pp254/5 respectively,Notes, Acknowledgements and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 4pp blanks at rear.Loosely laid in,book's review/critque newspaper cutting from Daily Telegraph, Saturday August 25th,2007.                        Through two world wars,Nazi dictatorship and foreign occupation,the Wagner clan - Germany's most famous family - has played host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures in the arts and politics.Its members have clung to the helm of the prestigious Bayreuth festival and have regularly battled one another like warriors in the music dramas they stage.Their story - with its jealousy,greed,passion and intrigue - is as riveting as any opera.Drawing on extensive research and interviews with the Wagners, Jonathan Carr has produced the first thorough and balanced history of this extraordinary clan and its circle. Beyond the human drama,though,this gripping portrait shows how the family's history and that of Germany has intertwined,from well before the strenuous birth of Bismarck's Reich in 1871, through defeat,destruction and post-1945 economic rebirth,right up to the present day.   The author takes a fresh look at controversial matters such as Richard Wagner's anti-Semitism and the family's role during the so-called 'Third Reich'.He also underlines the decisive roles played in Bayreuth over decades by two British-born members of the clan,Houston Stewart Chamberlain and Winifred Wagner (nee Williams), both of them fervent admirers of Adolf Hitler. Inspiring and appalling by turns,the Wagner saga amounts to a matchless mirror of Germany's rise, fall and resurrection over nearly two centuries.                                       Please contact selle,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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