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Evening in the Palace of Reason

by James Gaines · 2005

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Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1747 signals a unique moment in history where belief collided with the cold certainty of reason. Set at the tipping point between the ancient and modern world, Evening in the Palace of Reasoncaptures the tumult of the eighteenth century, the legacy of the Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment in this extraordinary tale of two men.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 368 pages

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