Goethe His Faustian Life - The Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem that Made Our World

"Rich and full and passionate and intelligent and deeply needed for these murky times." -Ben Okri

"characteristically provocative and accessible... Splendid on the social detail and the facts of Goethe's life." -Literary Review

"Exuberant and wide-ranging" -Miranda Seymour, author of The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

"Wilson's Goethe is a serious work in an increasingly trivial time, a book that sheds light - mehr Licht! - as the age darkens. For that much, and for the so much more that it offers, it is to be treasured." -John Banville, the New Statesman

"A. N. Wilson's biography of the German polymath is wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject" -Frances Wilson, the Telegraph

"[...] this is a wonderful book. You really will understand Faust better after reading it." -Ferdinand Mount, The Oldie

"[...] engaging about Goethe's influence on Freud." -The New York Times