The Temple of Music - Softcover

"A big, bold, and absolutely breathtaking work of historical fiction. The only thing more impressive than Jonathan Lowy's remarkable research is the richness of his characterizations." --Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness
"Invigorating . . . The novel's clarion style is modulated by intimate details . . ." --Boston Globe
"Beautifully researched and cunningly written." --Buffalo News
"A high-water mark in the ongoing renaissance of the historical novel." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A sweeping historical novel brings together real-life and fictional characters in an evocative study of America at the turn of the twentieth century, a world marked by a dramatic division between rich and poor where Leon Czolgosz, an alienated factory worker and an ardent admirer of Emma Goldman, plots to assassinate President McKinley at the 1901 Buffalo World's Fair. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.