An autobiographical novel set in the musical culture of 1890s Leipzig, where Richardson was a student from 1889 to 1892. An international cast of music students perform, debate, love and drink in an intense and self-possessed world in Leipzig the context to Maurice's consuming obsession for the elusive Louise Dufrayer, an Australian femme fatale.
Author Biography
Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (Henry Handel) (1870-1946) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who spent much of her time living in Germany and in London.
