Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends by Opal Wheeler dress up during the Civil War

during the Civil War

He is the author of The Diplomas of King Aethelred 'the Unready' and of numerous articles on Anglo-Saxon history

abridged selections from the original book and stunning

Like a true forager

its intellectual power

Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends by Opal Wheeler dress up during the Civil WarThis book is about the brilliant young Schubert, his merry friends, and their pranks and escapades, in most of which Franz is the hero. One of the most interesting stories in the book is the new light that is shed on the history of the Unfinished Symphony. It remained unfinished, not because of poverty, illness and discouragement, or because of the composer's early death. The real reason, according to the authors, was that Schubert's merry friends