The
flames
Haydock, Sophie
creator
author.
text
novel
Domestic fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
enk
London, UK
Doubleday UK
2022
2022
monographic
eng
454 pages ; 24 cm.
This is the story of four muses. Adele: passionate, fierce, obstinate. The daughter of a bourgeois family in 1900s Vienna, she rails against the strictures of her class and yearns for freedom. Gertrude: spirited, single-minded, possessive. The sister to budding artist Egon Schiele, she longs for an exciting life away from their tempestuous family home. Vally: determined, independent, proud. A model for celebrate artist Gustav Klimt, she has carved her way out of poverty and is now forging a brave new path for herself. Edith: Adele's sister. Quiet, conventional, loyal. Or is she? Four flames, four wild, blazing hearts, longing to be known. All four will become muses to the charismatic but controversial artist Egon Schiele. In an elegant bohemian city like Vienna, everything seems possible - until an act of betrayal changes everything. For just as a flame has the power to mesmerise, it can also destroy everything in its path.
adult
Sophie Haydock.
Schiele, Egon
1890-1918
Schiele, Egon
1890-1918
Fiction
Artists
Fiction
Inspiration
Fiction
Betrayal
Fiction
Artists' models
Fiction
Artists' models
Vienna (Austria)
History
Fiction
UK & IRL historical fiction
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211004
20220909121028.0
000070164616
eng