- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (February 28, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0007156618
- ISBN-13: 978-0007156610
Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and
profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the
colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern
warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1757 signals a unique moment in
history where belief collided with the cold certainty of reason. Set at
the tipping point between the ancient and modern world, Evening in the Palace of Reason
captures the tumult of the eighteenth century, the legacy of the
Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment in this extraordinary
tale of two men.
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