Setting <strong>Puccini</strong>'s story within the worlds of his beloved Tuscany and the cut-throat opera business, this biography follows the composer from bo... » 

Setting Puccini's story within the worlds of his beloved Tuscany and the cut-throat opera business, this biography follows the composer from boyhood to his student years in Milan, to his early successes and failures, and then to the artistic triumphs that earned him international celebrity. «