SINOPSIS DEL LIBRO

<p>A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroix&apos;s painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkin&apos;s anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not...Seguir leyendo