Charles Jennens: The Man Behind Handel's Messiah - Ruth Smith

Librettist of some of Handel’s greatest oratorios, Charles Jennens was also a pioneering Shakespeare editor, a generous benefactor and friend, a political outsider and a complex personality. With over 60 illustrations, many never previously published, this is the first ever biography of the man who originated Handel’s Messiah.

Published by The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation

Paperback.