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Letters To Camondo (Hardcover)
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Letters To Camondo (Hardcover)
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List price R350
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R70 (20%)
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63 rue de Monceau, Paris
Dear friend,
As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I
know your street rather well.
Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's
forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir
The Hare with Amber Eyes. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of
belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-semitism.
Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest
private collection of French eighteenth-century art for his son to
inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a
memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France.
The Musée Nissim de Camondo has remained unchanged since 1936. Edmund
de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers
new layers to the family story. In a haunting series of letters
addressed to the Count, he tells us what happened next.
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