Ediciones B 2024

On the bicentennial of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven becomes the protagonist of a splendid historical novel tinged with mystery.

Vienna, 1814. While the city hosts a congress to decide the fate of Europe after Napoleon’s defeat, the young Anton Schindler meets Beethoven, the greatest composer of all time. The musician is already a deaf, irascible, passionate, and radical man—but what Schindler does not know is that he is also a brilliant amateur detective.

So, when the elderly maid of Count Razumovsky is murdered, the two embark on an investigation that will take them from refined concert halls to seedy brothels, from violent midnight duels to elegant noble hunts, in pursuit of a truth hidden beneath a tangled web of secrets. Meanwhile, Beethoven prepares to compose what will become his most important work: the Ninth Symphony, a composition that will forever revolutionize the world of music.