A brilliant composer and a child of the Gallant Age. It was the age of salons, where refined women ruled, the age of adventurers and tireless heartthrobs, the age of still unrevealed secrets. One of them is the fate of a genius who shocked his contemporaries and still occupies the minds of his descendants. The book by Edward Radzinsky contains bold author's versions, original interpretations of historical events. The curtain has been lifted on the secrets...The publishing layout of the book has been saved in PDF A4 format.