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The Emperor Waltz by Hensher, Philip, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Emperor Waltz about?

The new novel from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher is his most ambitious and daring novel yet. In a third-century desert settlement on the fringes of the Roman Empire, a new wife becomes fascinated by a cult that is persecuted by the Emperor Diocletian. In 1922, Christian, a young artist, travels to Weimar to begin his studies at the Bauhaus, where the avant-garde confronts conservative elements around it. With postwar Germany in turmoil, while the Bauhaus attempts to explore radical ways of thinking and living, Christian finds that love will change him for ever. And in 1970s London Duncan uses his inheritance to establish the countrys first gay bookshop in the face of opposition from the neighbours and victimisation by the police. Delving deep into the human spirit to explore connections between love, sanctity, commitment and virtue, Philip Hensher takes as his subject small groups of men and women, tightly bound together, trying to change the world through the example of their lives. The Emperor Waltz is an absorbing echo-chamber of a novel, innovative and compelling, that explores what it means for us to belong to each other.

Who reads The Emperor Waltz?

Author

Hensher, Philip, author

Publisher

London: Fourth Estate

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007459599

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Humanities

Rating

3.6 / 5 (223 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14