Letters to Camondo

From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber Eyes

As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I know your street rather well.

The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal''s forebears. Like de Waal''s family, they were part of belle ¿que high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism.

Count Mo¿ 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.

''Illuminating... A wonderful tribute to a family and to an idea''Guardian

''Letters to Camondo immerses you in another age... Dazzling''Financial Times