The Woman in the Moonlight

A stirring historical novel about 19th century Vienna and the tragedy and dynamic passion that inspired Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

“Soon, the titan had taken over my life. I wrestled with his music. I wrestled with his biographies. I didn’t have to wrestle with the decision to write the novel that became The Woman in the Moonlight; it felt like Beethoven had decided for me.”

-Patricia Morrisroe,
The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, New York Times