Böcker av Barrie Doyle

<p>Staring debtor’s prison in the eye, George Frederik Handel is depressed and suffering from various illnesses. Faced with crushing verbal, intellectual, financial, and even physical opposition, he can go no longer. Adding to his woes, he’s a pawn in the vicious political and cultural dispute between King George II and his son Frederick, Prince of Wales.</p><p>Two encounters change everything—and alter music forever. Rejuvenated by a strange, revolutionary text for an oratorio and an invitation to Dublin, Handel throws himself into the new work, Messiah, completing it in only twenty-four days. </p><p>Vicious opponents still seek to destroy him and drive him out. Some in the church even rise to prevent Messiah from seeing the light of day, objecting to his decisions to hire a disgraced singer and perform in a secular location with secular performers.</p> <p>These struggles to present Messiah mirror his own internal battles to understand, and eventually, revolutionize, his own beliefs. Through it all, Handel realizes that the music and the story it portrays is bigger than him, bigger than any performance, bigger even than the King.</p><p>This novel showcases a superb sweep through the creation of the magnificent Messiah and the fascinating characters, real and fictional, who influenced the story.</p>

Faith battles faith. Good battles evil. Only one can win.Legend says that a mysterious Welsh prince named Madoc discovered America more than three hundred years before Columbus, landing in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Intrigued by the legend, Stone Wallace and Mandy Griffiths discover that Madoc was more than an explorer. In fact, the powerful and wealthy Knights Templar charged him with a dangerous mission: to protect their precious relics. But modern-day Druids have now learned of Madoc's relics, which are so powerful and valuable that they are willing to kill for them. As they delve into Madoc's story, Stone and Mandy become embroiled in preventing a plot to launch devastating twin attacks on Britain and America that will result in the deaths of thousands. From an assassination in Wyoming to a murder in Maryland, the Druids will not give up their quest of revenge.The clock is ticking down, death and destruction is about to fall, and only Stone and Mandy can prevent devastation.