The Anatomy of Shadows
Paris, 1830. Poe. Berlioz. The year that made them.
What if Edgar Allan Poe had made it to Paris? A literary historical novel of the revolutionary year that gave Poe his stories, Berlioz his symphony, and both of them a friendship that history never recorded.
Where music, history, and mythology converge—stories that haunt the imagination.
Author, composer, and scholar William E. Doyle explores music, history, and myth through novels, stage works, and essays shaped by imagination and archive.
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About the Author
Composer. Novelist. Storyteller.
Dr. William E. Doyle is a composer-turned-novelist whose work spans literary historical fiction, fantasy, opera, and film. His debut novel, The Anatomy of Shadows, imagines Edgar Allan Poe’s lost year in Paris — and the friendship with Hector Berlioz that made them both.
A professor of music history with a doctorate in music and more than 170 videos on YouTube, he brings the same narrative passion to prose that defined his award-winning musical works.
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