Featured Book: The Wagner Experience.

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This months book features Paul Dawson-Bowling's fascinating two volume set; The Wagner Experience. Volume two of which is more than worth the entrance price and may well be the most detailed analysis of Wagner's mature works since Newman's "Wagner Nights"

'People who take to the Wagner Experience encounter something wonderful, like gazing into a silver mirror which dissolves into a miraculous, self-contained world, glinting with life-changing possibilities. There are others who sense its appeal but find it difficult, and the first aim of this study is to provide an Open Sesame for anyone wanting it.' Paul Dawson-Bowling

'The distillation a lifetime's work which has clearly been a labour of love, this book is organised as two beautifully illustrated volumes.' Wagner News

'In every way remarkable... communicates essential truths and modes of understanding Wagner... [The Wagner Experience] is a wonderful culmination to a lifetime of devotion, and it deserves to be widely read and bought in large numbers. Any one reading [it] will have a well-informed, sympathetic, perceptive understanding of Wagner without any neglect of the more difficult aspects of his personality -- the egocentricity, the mood swings. John Derry, Professor Emeritus, University of Newcastle

'Paul Dawson-Bowling's book draws on a deep knowledge of medical and psychological matters to offer valuable insights into Wagner's inner life and thus into the works themselves.' Barry Millington

“I am nearly 80, but I am forever looking for adequate answers to Wagner’s questions. I have had many telephone conversations with Paul ad he is undoubtedly the man to examine the many questions that Wagner posed. These questions are now waiting to be explored by you, the reader. Read Paul’s book!” Sir Donald McIntyre

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