Letters to Camondo

<p><b>From the author of the bestselling phenomenon <i>The Hare with Amber Eyes</i></b><br><br><i>As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by </i><i>accident. I know your street rather well.</i><br><br> The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears. Like de Waal's family, they were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism.<br><br>Count Moïse de Camondo created a spectacular house filled with art for his son to inherit. Over a century later, de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and, in a haunting series of letters addressed to Camondo, he tells us what happened next.<br><br><b>'Illuminating... A wonderful tribute to a family and to an idea'</b> <i><b>Guardian</b></i><br><br><b><i>'Letters to Camondo</i> immerses you in another age</b>... <b>Dazzling'</b> <i><b>Financial Times</b></i></p> <p><b>From the author of the bestselling phenomenon <i>The Hare with Amber Eyes</i></b><br><br><i>As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by </i><i>accident. I know your street rather well.</i><br><br> The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears. Like de Waal's family, they were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism.<br><br>Count Moïse de Camondo created a spectacular house filled with art for his son to inherit. Over a century later, de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and, in a haunting series of letters addressed to Camondo, he tells us what happened next.<br><br><b>'Illuminating... A wonderful tribute to a family and to an idea'</b> <i><b>Guardian</b></i><br><br><b><i>'Letters to Camondo</i> immerses you in another age</b>... <b>Dazzling'</b> <i><b>Financial Times</b></i></p>