Rich Disilvio

Liszt's Dante Symphony: a Historical Thriller About the Arts & Deceptive Arts Rich Disilvio

"Liszt?s Dante Symphony" is a thrilling tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of Bismarck?s Prussia, thus leading to Hitler?s infernal Third Reich. Following the lives of a student of Liszt?s, named Angelo Di Purezza, and his son, the reader is taken on a journey of suspense that cascades over two generations. During those years Europe would experience numerous revolutions, the unification of Italy, and witness two World Wars that would feature ghastly chemical weapons, atomic bombs, and insidious poison gas called Zyklon-B. Franz Liszt is joined by a huge cast of historical characters, including Napoleon III, Pope Pius IX, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Gustave Dore, Victor Hugo, Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler and many others. The tale is an exciting amalgamation of history, politics, religion, music, the fine arts, secret codes, murder, suspense, sacrifices, and even romance.