With more than 5,000 positive reviews, Novum Publishing (US) is a New York, NY, firm that maintains offices in London and several European cities, and is committed to presenting authors’ visions to audiences worldwide. Among the roster of compelling authors at Novum Publishing (US) is Nick Morrice, a retired English, Latin, and French teacher who has maintained a second career since retirement as founder of WaterAid, a group focused on assisting orphans.
Among Morrice’s lauded works is Discovered in Kathmandu - How I Found my Nepalese Family (2014) and the autobiographical The Lily and the Rose (2017). In his book I, Franz Schubert, he presents the life of the 19th century Viennese composer in an unflinching, first-person voice.
The novel begins with a quote from Confucius, “Things that are done, it is needless to speak about. Things that are past, it is needless to blame,” and charts the life of a composer who speaks of having experienced resounding failures, amid his remarkable successes. Schubert explains that the narrative will present extracts taken from his letters as the work progresses, as they realistically depict his state of mind at key moments.
Schubert then delves into a childhood spent in a liberated early 19th century Vienna recovering from the privations inflicted by Napoleon. He describes learning violin from his father and piano from his brother, and coming under the tutelage of a local parish choirmaster, as his musical talent begins to take root and blossom.
Among Morrice’s lauded works is Discovered in Kathmandu - How I Found my Nepalese Family (2014) and the autobiographical The Lily and the Rose (2017). In his book I, Franz Schubert, he presents the life of the 19th century Viennese composer in an unflinching, first-person voice.
The novel begins with a quote from Confucius, “Things that are done, it is needless to speak about. Things that are past, it is needless to blame,” and charts the life of a composer who speaks of having experienced resounding failures, amid his remarkable successes. Schubert explains that the narrative will present extracts taken from his letters as the work progresses, as they realistically depict his state of mind at key moments.
Schubert then delves into a childhood spent in a liberated early 19th century Vienna recovering from the privations inflicted by Napoleon. He describes learning violin from his father and piano from his brother, and coming under the tutelage of a local parish choirmaster, as his musical talent begins to take root and blossom.
