Stolen Beauty
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Stolen Beauty

A Novel

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Stolen Beauty

A Novel

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"A powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family…I was transported." —Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author "Albanese artfully weaves Adele's story with Maria's harrowing life under the Nazis, but it's hard to read Stolen Beauty without seeing ugly echoes in today's headlines. Seven decades after World War II, have we learned nothing?" — USA TODAY From the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, this exhilarating novel of love, war, art, and family gives voice to two extraordinary women and brings to life the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings. In the dazzling glitter of 1903 Vienna, Adele Bloch-Bauer—young, beautiful, brilliant, and Jewish—meets painter Gustav Klimt. Wealthy in everything but freedom, Adele embraces Klimt's renegade genius as the two awaken to the erotic possibilities on the canvas and beyond. Though they enjoy a life where sex and art are just beginning to break through the façade of conventional society, the city is also troubled by a disturbing increase in anti-Semitism as political hatred simmers in the shadows of Adele's coffeehouse afternoons and cultural salons.Nearly forty years later, Adele's niece Maria Altmann is a newlywed when the Nazis invade Austria—and overnight, her beloved Vienna becomes a war zone. When her husband is arrested and her family is forced out of their stately home, Maria must summon the courage and resilience that is her aunt's legacy if she is to survive and keep her loved ones—and their history—alive.Will Maria and her family escape the grip of Nazi rule? And what will become of the paintings for which her aunt sacrificed nearly everything?Impeccably researched and a "must-read for fans of Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Paula McLain's Circling the Sun" (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Stolen Beauty juxtaposes passion and discovery against hatred and despair, and shines a light on our ability to love, to destroy, and above all, to endure.

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Publisher
Atria Books
Year
2017
ISBN
9781501132001
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Map of Vienna, Austria
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Chapter 1: Maria 1938
  6. Chapter 2: Adele 1886
  7. Chapter 3: Maria 1938
  8. Chapter 4: Adele 1898
  9. Chapter 5: Maria 1938
  10. Chapter 6: Adele 1899
  11. Chapter 7: Adele 1900
  12. Chapter 8: Adele 1900
  13. Chapter 9: Maria 1938
  14. Chapter 10: Adele 1900
  15. Chapter 11: Maria 1938
  16. Chapter 12: Adele 1900
  17. Chapter 13: Maria 1938
  18. Chapter 14: Adele 1900
  19. Chapter 15: Maria 1938
  20. Chapter 16: Adele 1901
  21. Chapter 17: Maria 1938
  22. Chapter 18: Adele 1902
  23. Chapter 19: Adele 1902
  24. Chapter 20: Maria 1938
  25. Chapter 21: Adele 1903
  26. Chapter 22: Adele 1903
  27. Chapter 23: Adele 1906
  28. Chapter 24: Maria 1938
  29. Chapter 25: Adele 1908
  30. Chapter 26: Maria 1938
  31. Chapter 27: Adele 1909
  32. Chapter 28: Maria 1939
  33. Chapter 29: Adele 1914
  34. Chapter 30: Maria 1940
  35. Chapter 31: Adele 1921
  36. Chapter 32: Maria 1942
  37. Chapter 33: Adele 1923
  38. Chapter 34: Maria 1945
  39. Chapter 35: Maria 1965
  40. Chapter 36: Maria 1998
  41. Chapter 37: Maria 1998
  42. Chapter 38: Maria 1999
  43. Chapter 39: Maria 1999
  44. Chapter 40: Maria 2000
  45. Chapter 41: Maria 2004
  46. Chapter 42: Maria 2004
  47. Chapter 43: Maria 2006
  48. Author’s Note
  49. Acknowledgments
  50. Reading Group Guide
  51. About Laurie Lico Albanese
  52. Copyright