The story of Thomas Linley, Junior, is one of a tragic life suppressed by a perpetually overbearing father and a talent restricted by the consequential circumstance. Applauded from an early age by admiring audiences, he was one of an extraordinary family of musicians, composers, and singers who resorted to marriage, service at sea, the Church, and employment abroad, in order to escape from domestic domination. Their father’s rigid authority over their young lives in his desire to control their talents led to thwarted ambition, infidelity, the refusal to perform, duels, and professional conflict. The greatest potential, however, lay in the anticipation of the talent of Thomas, Junior. Considered a musical genius in his performances on the violin and in his grasp of composition, he attracted the admiration of royalty, aristocracy, other musicians and even the praise of his friend, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His shocking death, however, led to sorrow, subterfuge, deception, and deceit.

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