Russell Martin
By Russell Martin - Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved
Paperback
(Broadway Sept. 9, 2001)
, 9.9.2001 edition
In Beethoven's Hair, Russell Martin has created a rich historical treasure hunt, an Indiana Jones-like tale of false leads, amazing breakthroughs, and incredible revelations. This unique and fascinating book is a moving testament to the power of music, the lure of relics, the heroism of the Resistance movement, and the brilliance of molecular science. An astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America.