Correspondence between a young boy and his music-student uncle chronicles the upheaval in Christoph's household caused by the arrival of an eccentric, difficult, and deaf composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, the new upstair's tenant....
When Grandpa goes traveling, he sends home postcards. But these are no ordinary postcards, and Grandpa is no ordinary man. At the turn of the century, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was one of the most influential businessmen in North America. While...