Death Be My Theme Alan Bennett Beseiged on all sides

Beseiged on all sides

‘This clever claustrophobic page-turner delivers in spades’ Carolyn O’Brien

In packed arenas

IMPRISONED BY FATE

But when the raiders came

Death Be My Theme Alan Bennett Beseiged on all sidesRecuperating from illness in Chelsea in 1764, a rural spot Robert Fairfax expects to be bored. But a chance meeting leads to his involvement with the Mozarts of Salzburg, whose young son is the musical prodigy creating a stir throughout their tour of Europe. The boy is an uncomprehending but vital witness to the events surrounding the death of Gabriel Chilcott, a wealthy and ill tempered music lover. His pretty young wife has secrets she does not care