Analysis Of The Angel Of The Opera By Sam Siciliano

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The Angel of the Opera by Sam Siciliano. The unforgettable place: Paris, 1890. The glittering scene: the labyrinthine Paris Opera. The irresistible premise: what if Sherlock Holmes, lured across the Channel by the beleaguered managers of the Opera House, unlocks the true secrets motivating the infamous Phantom? As the hunchbacked Quasimodo was the soul of Notre Dame, so is Erik—shadow ruler of the Opera’s nether regions—the Opera’s true soul. Living at the heights of passion, despising the concerns of ordinary men who are the acknowledged keepers of his domain in the eyes of the world, the Phantom—defiant and tormented genius that he is—poses a persistent threat to his unwilling landlords, lesser men who are not even certain they believe in