John Suchet is a man of many parts: much-garlanded foreign news reporter; the face of ITN news; the voice of Classic FMs morning show; tireless charity campaigner; author. One strand runs through his multi-faceted life a love of Ludwig van Beethoven and his music. In this, his eighth book on the great composer, Suchet melds his own life with that of his subject part travelogue, part biography, part memoir and reveals how Beethovens journey affected his own. Suchet takes us to Bonn, where Beethoven spent his early years, and to Vienna, where some truly surprising, and not altogether welcome, discoveries are made. For, as Suchet explains, Its not always easy to reconcile the genius with the deeply flawed individual. In Search of Beethoven also sheds new light on Beethovens health and hearing loss, and offers fresh insights into the composers heritage and his interactions with Mozart, who is alleged to have said of Beethoven Mark that young man, he will make a name for himself in the world.