The Wagner clan : the saga of Germany's most illustrious and infamous family / Jonathan Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Jonathan, 1942-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wagner family.

Germany--Biography.

Germany.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 409 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2007]

Contents:

Family Tree xv

1 A Sublime but Glaucous Sea 1

2 Revolution and Reverse 9

3 Ugly Duckling and Swan King 28

4 The Fortress on the Hill 47

5 The Plastic Demon 65

6 The Spin Doctor 90

7 Odd Man Out 111

8 Wolf at the Door 131

9 Three Funerals and a New Broom 153

10 All the Reich's a Stage 172

11 Dissonant Quartet 192

12 Mausi at Bay 206

13 War - at Home and Abroad 222

14 New Bayreuth? 244

15 The Road Not Taken 267

16 Sins of the Fathers 285

17 End of Empire? 306

18 Time Present and Time Past 321

19 Time Future? 340.

Notes:

Includes bibilographical references (pages 353-371) and index.

ISBN:

0871139758

9780871139757

OCLC:

156834858