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Jade Dragon Mountain
by Elsa Hart
Jade Dragon Mountain (5/27/2015)
What a fascinating read! This pivotal time in 18th Century China paints the backdrop for the intrigue and machinations at the Emperor's far outpost and adds to our appreciation of Chinese porcelains, books, and silks today. The poisoning of a Jesuit priest presses an exiledmore
Her Name Is Rose
by Christine Breen
Her Name Is Rose by Christine Breen (1/28/2015)
This first novel has me eager to read Breen's next one! Contemporary Irish village life, master class at the London Royal Academy of Music, an offbeat Boston neighborhood seem an unlikely mix. But a loving adoptive mother, Iris, and her talented violinist daughter, Rose,more
Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse
by Stanley Meisler
Shocking Paris (12/30/2014)
Not just the world of art but the passions and politics of patrons and governments are present in Shocking Paris, The Outsiders of Montpernasse. The artists Chagall, Modigliani, Pascin, and Soutine were outsiders but were central to what was going on in Paris between themore
Vanessa and Her Sister
by Priya Parmar
Vanessa and Her Sister (10/3/2014)
An amazing blend of fact and fiction, much like the novel, Loving Frank! Vanessa and Her Sister brings to life the hedonistic members of London's Bloomsbury Group in the early 1900's as seen through the eyes of the soon-to-be famous Stephens sisters, later Painter Vanessamore
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