Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler farm boy A balm for the hectic

A balm for the hectic pace of modern living

The House of Visconti and the Papal States: France and Italy

even while you're sleeping

He lives in Leawood

as she earned degrees in Classics (B

Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler farm boy A balm for the hecticWith clarity and with admirable simplicity, keyed to the understanding of children, Opal Wheeler has traced the many sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director. Handel's strange boyhood, clouded by the fact that his father did not want him to become a musician, and the later years when, thanks to the patronage of the Duke of Saxe Weissenfels, his music was played