{"product_id":"the-lost-masterpiece-by-b-a-shapiro-9781643756370","title":"The Lost Masterpiece","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating art history novel from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling 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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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, \u003ci\u003eParty on the Seine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Tamara Rubin inherits the valuable \u003ci\u003eParty on the Seine\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 to in order to enact her revenge?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e is a 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432964047084,"sku":"9781643756370","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781643756370.jpg?v=1774765961","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-lost-masterpiece-by-b-a-shapiro-9781643756370","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}