Brilliant composer and child of the Gallant Age. It was the age of salons, where sophisticated women ruled, the age of adventurers and tireless heartthrobs, the age of secrets that have not yet been revealed. One of them is the fate of a genius who shocked contemporaries and still occupies the minds of descendants. In the book of Edward Radzinsky - bold author's versions, original interpretations of historical events. The curtain is raised over the secrets...