books by Rupert Christiansen     books:     Rupert Christiansen      Prima Donna: A History Rupert Christiansen Penguin (Non-Classics), 1987 Entertaining, at times insightful history There have been countless books written about the specialized musician known as the opera singer, and quite a few about female opera singers in particular; still, Rupert Christiansen's effort from the 1980s holds up well. As is logical, his discussion is basically ...             The Voice of Victorian Sex: Arthur H. Clough 1819-1861 (Short Lives) Rupert Christiansen Short Books, 2001 Arthur Hugh Clough is the great undiscovered genius of Victorian literature. The golden hope of his generation at Rugby and Oxford, he battled against the orthodoxies of his time to produce some of the 19th century’s most witty and original verse. Sexually and morally tortured, he died at a tragically early age, his health destroyed by his ...             Paris Babylon: The Story of the Paris Commune Rupert Christiansen Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 A very well-written account of a fascinating time and place Rupert Christiansen has written an historical account that is also a "great read"; hard to put down and very enlightening. I had just finished reading a novel that was set (partially) in Paris around the time of the Franco-Prussian war and wanted to find out more. ...             The Complete Book of Aunts Rupert Christiansen Twelve, 2007 Eccentrics Galore While I have to agree with the reviewer above, the rest of the book is absolutely charming in it's fond celebration of aunties, both factual and fictitious. For everyone who has an aunt straight out of a storybook, buy two copies. One for yourself and one for her. ...             Once More, with Feeling! Short Books, London, 2007             The Victorian Visitors: Culture Shock in Nineteenth-Century Britain Rupert Christiansen Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001 London in 1820 was a city of extraordinary creative dynamism and big money. Rupert Christiansen has marshaled the experiences of a set of remarkable foreign visitors to England, chronicling their impact on British culture and its impact upon them. These stories reveal the great French painter Gericault, who had come to London to show his Raft of ...             Faber Pocket Guide to Opera Rupert Christiansen Faber and Faber, 2004             Romantic Affinities Rupert Christiansen Putnam Adult, 1988 The winner of a 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, Romantic Affinities is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits from an era of tumultuous change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by the writers of the age. These include not only the more familiar Romantic figures, such as Coleridge and Shelley, Byron and Goethe, but also Chenier, ...             A Pocket Guide to Opera Rupert Christiansen Faber & Faber, 2002 A concise but comprehensive guide to understanding and enjoying opera Opera is a wonderful musical form--but the prospect of attending performances can be quite daunting for the uninitiated. The sense of insecurity about the entire enterprise--What is the plot about? What is the music like? What should one listen for? What should one look for ...             Paris Babylon Rupert Christiansen Random House, 2003 “Nothing but a brothel and a gambling hell”, roared Thomas Carlyle at the thought of Paris. In 1869, racked with scandal and political tension, Europe’s most glittering capital was on the verge of a catastrophe -- the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second Empire.             THE VISITORS: CULTURE SHOCK IN 29TH CENTURY BRITAIN RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN PIMLICO, 2001 In vividly readable and often hilarious detail, The Visitors relates the tragi-comic stories of a succession of remarkable foreigners who travelled to Britain in the nineteenth century and left influential marks on all aspects of its culture.             Complete Book of Aunts Rupert; Beth Brophy Christiansen Twelve, 2007             William Shakespeare: The Mystery of the World's Greatest Playwright (Who Was...?) Rupert Christiansen Short Books, London, 2004          products you might be interested in search for books 1819-1861, affinities, nineteenth, nineteenth-century, playwright, shakespeare      toavi.com    web we recommend A very well-written account of a fascinating time and place randomly chosen DVD: Carried Away