The Bonn years
The path to mastery: 1792-1798
Crisis and creativity: 1799-1802
The heroic style I: 1803-1806
The heroic style II: 1806-1809
Consolidation: 1810-1812
The Congress of Vienna period: 1813-1815
The Hammerklavier sonata: 1816-1818
Struggle: 1819-1822
Triumph: 1822-1824
The Galitzin quartets: 1824-1825
The last phase: 1826-1827.
Beethoven by William Kinderman. ISBN 9780195328363. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.