Book description
For over a century the Wagners have presided over the Bayreuth
Festival, playing host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures
in the arts and politics amidst family in-fighting and political
controversy. Drawing on extensive interviews with members of the
family and on both archive and recent material, Jonathan Carr presents
a balanced but gripping portrait of the Wagners and their circle; a
story which presents a mirror of Germany's rise, fall and resurrection.
Jonathan Carr served as a foreign correspondent for a number of
years. His books include biographies of the former German chancellor
Helmut Schmidt (1985) and of Gustav Mahler (1997), as well as Goodbye
Germany (1993), a far from solemn obituary of the pre-unity Federal Republic.
