{"product_id":"9781643756370","title":"The Lost Masterpiece","description":"Author: B. A. Shapiro\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781643756370\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Workman\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating art history novel from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e, B.A. Shapiro, whose new mystery follows 19th-century Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot and her 21st-century great-great-great granddaughter, who inherits a Nazi-looted Edouard Manet painting; for fans of Sarah Dunant, Elizabeth Kostova, Robin Oliveira, and Nancy Horan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStretching from the late-nineteenth century to the present day, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e is wrapped around an enigmatic and powerful painting, Party on the Seine. Stolen by the Nazis. Believed to be destroyed for almost a century. Possibly haunted by the anguished spirit of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Survivor of a flood, an earthquake and a fire when all the other artworks around it were destroyed. What secrets does it hold? What power?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tamara Rubin inherits the valuable Party on the Seine, created by the famous ancestor she never knew she had-Edouard Manet-she also inherits a deep history and mystery. As the painting begins to metamorphose into darker and more terrifying versions of itself, Tamara's life is upended. Who was her great-great-great-great-grandmother Berthe Morisot? What wounds, riddles and resentments plagued her, and what lengths will the spirit of Berthe go in order to enact her revenge?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e is story of love, adultery, betrayal, longing, family secrets, and the birth of Impressionism. Set partly in Paris in the late 1800s, the novel explores the life of a female artist when it was completely improper for a woman to paint seriously. Even as Berthe Morisot socialized and shared a studio with Manet, Degas, Renoir, and others, she carried on a passionate affair with Edouard Manet. Shapiro brings Berthe's world to life, as she traces her work through generations of her descendants and introduces us to a painter as brilliant and original as her male counterparts. Across 150 years of triumphs, struggles, passions, animosities and malevolence, Shapiro does what she always does so brilliantly: she shows us how art can open up our senses and enlarge our world.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717761257630,"sku":"ADS-9781643756370","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781643756370.jpg?v=1776129822","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781643756370","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}