{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6246d628c9e55700126131b6/6acf9ce60c6b30397b1022e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Inside Anthony Burgess: Napoleon Symphony","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6246d628c9e55700126131b6/1791990209560-0b355a0e-c6bc-49ad-98a9-9a9e9a3e1801.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.</p><p><br></p><p>Napoleon Symphony is one of Anthony Burgess’s most experimental novels. Charting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from Corsica to Saint Helena, the novel presents a unique vision of post-Revolutionary France and the man who fought to build a French empire through military conquest. Structured around Beethoven’s third symphony, the Eroica, the novel uses myriad voices and a combination of fantasy and reality to portray a man who is both hero and tyrant.</p><p><br></p><p>Graham Foster and Andrew Biswell enlist to follow Burgess&#39;s Napoleon into battle.</p><p><br></p><p>-----</p><p><br></p><p>BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE</p><p><br></p><p>By Anthony Burgess:</p><p><br></p><p>The Malayan Trilogy (1956-59)</p><p>A Clockwork Orange (1962)</p><p>Nothing Like the Sun (1964)</p><p>A Vision of Battlements (1965)</p><p>Tremor of Intent (1966)</p><p>M/F (1971)</p><p>The Clockwork Testament (1974)</p><p>Beard&#39;s Roman Women (1976)</p><p>Moses (1976)</p><p>ABBA ABBA (1977)</p><p>Man of Nazareth (1979)</p><p>Earthly Powers (1980)</p><p>The End of the World News (1982)</p><p>Kingdom of the Wicked (1985)</p><p>A Dead Man in Deptford (1993)</p><p><br></p><p>By others:</p><p><br></p><p>In Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850)</p><p>The Prelude by William Wordsworth (1850)</p><p>War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1867)</p><p>The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy (1904-8)</p><p><br></p><p>-----</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.anthonyburgess.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Anthony Burgess Foundation</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burgess Foundation Substack Newsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/anthonyburgess\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy books at the Burgess Foundation&#39;s affiliate bookshop at Bookshop.org</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://ko-fi.com/anthonyburgessfoundation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support the Burgess Foundation&#39;s charitable work by donating</a></p>","author_name":"International Anthony Burgess Foundation"}