<p>18 November, 1741. George Frideric Handel, one of the world's greatest composers, arrives in Dublin ? the second city of the Empire ? to prepare his masterpiece, Messiah, for its maiden performance the following spring ?In Hallelujah, Jonathan Bardon, one of Ireland's leading historians, explores the remarkable circumstances surrounding the first performance of Handel's now iconic oratorio in Dublin, providing a panoramic view of a city in flu...