The Great Passion by James Runcie paperback this is a Germanophile's homage

this is a Germanophile's homage to the culture and people of a country he has known for decades

I “quite often get letters making similar arguments

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But the greatest compliment she pays him is taking his work for children seriously

The Great Passion by James Runcie paperback this is a Germanophile's homagePre Order Publication Date 31 March 2022. 'A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTELTHE STORY OF A FATHER AND HUSBANDTHE LOSS THAT ALMOST DESTROYED HIMAND THE WORK OF ART THAT WOULD MAKE HIM IMMORTALLeipzig, 1726. Eleven year old Stefan Silbermann, a humble organ maker's son, has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he struggles to stay