Death Be My Theme Alan Bennett Spanning the years when an

Spanning the years when an empire tightens its grip on a faraway world and revolution begets a tide of violent change

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Death Be My Theme Alan Bennett Spanning the years when anRecuperating from illness in Chelsea in 1764, a rural spot Robert Fairfax expects to be bored. But a chance meeting leads to his involvement with the Mozarts of Salzburg, whose young son is the musical prodigy creating a stir throughout their tour of Europe. The boy is an uncomprehending but vital witness to the events surrounding the death of Gabriel Chilcott, a wealthy and ill tempered music lover. His pretty young wife has secrets she does not care