{"product_id":"the-flames-isbn-9781419766312","title":"The Flames","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Haydock’s stunning debut captures the ecstatic shock of erotic art during the bohemian period of the Vienna Secession. Haydock’s superb research captures the era’s rich atmosphere.” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the bold, Bohemian art world of early 20th-century Vienna, this novel from award-winning author Sophie Haydock is the electrifying untold story of the four muses of controversial painter Egon Schiele. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vienna at the dawn of the 20th century is an opulent, extravagant city teeming with art, music, and radical ideas. A place where the social elite attend glamorous balls in the city’s palaces while young intellectuals decry the empire across the tables of crowded cafés. It is a city where anything seems possible—if you are a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From this world emerge four muses, women whose bodies are rendered in intimate detail by the charming yet controversial young artist Egon Schiele:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gertrude, his sister, is possessive, single-minded, and jealous; his mistress, Vally, a young woman from an impoverished background, is making her way as a model for the famed painter Gustav Klimt; and Edith and Adele Harms, wealthy sisters, are vying to become the wife of their scandalous neighbor Schiele.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schiele’s work—and private life—sends shock waves through Vienna’s elite; yet, determined to defy convention and forge their own paths, these women risk everything—their reputations, their most precious relationships, and their sanity and souls—to hold on to the man they adore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the Spanish influenza pandemic ravages Europe and World War I throws off course their lives forever, all it will take is one act of betrayal to change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In her richly rendered and deeply researched debut novel, Sophie Haydock brings this unforgettable world to incandescent life as she gives these women the chance to have their say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes black-and-white images\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44826054459621,"sku":"NP9781419766312","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9ef1664d-72cd-49b2-9860-b1c8010d83fa.jpg?v=1767910618","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-flames-isbn-9781419766312","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}