Ein Buch über das Leben, das Werk und die Zeit von Giuseppe Verdi. Aus jahrelanger Beschäftigung mit dem Komponisten, seiner Herkunft, seinen Zeitgenossen und senem vor allem musikdramatischen Werk resultiert diese faktenreiche und populäre Darstellung, die den betont subjektiven Blick des Autors niemals verleugnet. Alfred Marquart, einem breiten Publikumg u.a auch als SWR-Hörfunkmoderator bekannt, eröffnet in diesem Werk teilweise überraschend neue Aspekte zu Leben und Schaffen des neben Richard Wagner beeindruckendsten Jahrhundertmusikers und Patrioten. Das Hörbuch verbindet den Text des Buches mit der Musik Verdis.

'If you liked CITYBOY, you'll love this. It's engaging, witty and suspenseful. As bold and innovative as its author, JUST BUSINESS takes the reader on a breath-taking guided tour of cocaine blizzards, bankers' drafts, and emotional whirlwinds. I could put it down but not until long after I'd finished it. It's first class'

Vorwort
From the author of the explosive Sunday Times bestseller CITYBOY that caused a storm of controversy, garnered huge media coverage and sold over 200,000 copies

Autorentext
Alfred Marquart (1945-2012) studierte in Heidelberg Germanistik, Geschichte und Politikwissenschaften. Von 1970-88 arbeitete er als Rundfunkredakteur und Moderator in verschiedenen Redaktionen des SDR in Stuttgart. Nach seinem Wechsel nach Baden-Baden war er bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2010 in leitender Funktion im Kulturprogramm des SWR tätig.

Zusammenfassung

Cityboy is back! The bestselling author of CITYBOY, which sold over 200,000 copies, returns with an explosive, edge-of-the-seat, no-holds-barred thriller of City corruption, scams and monstrously bad behaviour.

Steve Jones, our Cityboy hero, wants out. He's looking to cash-in before the soul-stripping toil of coining it in London's financial heartland turns into a life sentence. All it will take is a handsome seven figure wedge in the bank and it's the good life for him and goodbye to the horrors of the Square Mile. Like the expert chancer he is, he sees an opportunity. Hacking into his boss's computer, he finds something that chills him to the bone. This is big time; there are bad men involved; there are millions at stake. So no change there then. But when he stumbles upon a murder and becomes the prime suspect, he has to go on the run. Together with his partner Gemma, he improvises ingenious ways of outwitting the authorities, a vicious drug cartel and even M15 in a chase that will send him half way round the world if he's going to stay alive...