The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher. 'A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch . A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything' Guardian 'The Emperor Waltz' is a single novel with three narrative strands: fourth-century Rome, 1920s Germany, and 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle, its triumph, its influence - but also its defeat. * Philip Hensher is one of our most respected British authors. This book is a return, in scale - length and breadth - to Philip's Booker-shortlisted 'The Northern Clemency' (TCM 73,500).

* It received absolutely incredible press on HB publication, and established itself as one of THE literary novels to read alongside THE GOLDFINCH (330,000) and THE MINIATURIST (45,000). * Philip is internationally acclaimed and published in many languages.