Sir Claud Amory, England's greatest physicist, believes that someone is after his latest discovery. When Hercule Poirot is called in to protect the discovery--which is a crucial link in England's national defense--he soon finds himsel...

While Puccini wrote only twelve operas during a long life—three of them one-acters designed to be performed together—he has to be ranked today as the world's most popular composer of opera. His La Bohème and Tosca are more freque...

Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged during his lifetime. Even today, Wagne...