BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A LIFE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
March 2013
The cult of Benjamin Britten lives on in Paul Kildea's new biography, painting the composer as a perennial victim
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Benjamin Britten: A Life In The 20th Century
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