Christopher Nicholson has lived all his 76 years in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He practised as a human rights lawyer assisting victims of apartheid before majority rule was won in 1994. His efforts were recognised with two awards and he was appointed a high court judge in 1995. He’s published seven books and a play. Two books were nominated for the Alan Paton prize in South Africa for non-fiction. He’s married with two daughters.
When old friend Arnold Chater Q.C. sends retired Norwegian Judge Christofferson a yellowing manuscript with the mysterious initials G.B. on the first page, the latter starts a quest to seek the truth about British composer Sir Edward Elgar’s secret muse in his masterpiece, the Enigma Variations, a...