{"product_id":"9781035047147","title":"Madensky Square","description":"Author: Eva Ibbotson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035047147\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA whip-smart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life, Eva Ibbotson's \u003ci\u003eMadensky Square \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic snapshot of Viennese life before WWI.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSusanna Weber's dress shop stands in the picturesque Madensky Square, a quiet little world of its own, nestled in the heart of glittering pre-war Vienna.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAs the winter of 1910 unfurls into spring, Susanna starts a journal about life in the Square, about the buildings and their colourful inhabitants. There's Frau Schumacher, with six daughters and a baby on the way, Professor Starsky and his menagerie of sickly reptiles, an aging bookseller, a teenaged Anarchist, and little Sigi – an orphaned child prodigy forced to play the piano all day, every day.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAnd then there's her dear friend Alice, the only person who has noticed the heartbreak that hides beneath Susanna's brisk kindness and brilliant talent . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nDiscover more of Eva Ibbotson's sweeping historical romances in \u003ci\u003eMagic Flutes, The Morning Gift, The Secret Countess, A Song for Summer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Company of Swans\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845861458078,"sku":"TLD-9781035047147","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035047147.jpg?v=1781223210","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035047147","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}