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Article: The Mozart Forgeries: A Caper Novel for the Serious Mozart Aficionado.(Book Review)
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The Mozart Forgeries: A Caper Novel for the Serious Mozart Aficionado. By Daniel N. Leeson. New York, Lincoln, Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., 2004 (address: 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68512). [x, 321 p. ISBN 0-595-31676-X (pbk., $19.95); 0-595-66366-4 (cloth).]
Much as Eduard Morike's Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag delighted the Romantic sensibilities in 1856, so this tale will appeal to the analytic sensibilities of today. Its diabolic story is of two characters known only as Librarian and Forger. But it is also an introduction to many other things of bibliographical interest: the technology of watermark analysis, quill pens, and ink chemistry; the ...