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‘The author tells an evocative story that is both illuminating and engrossing at the same time.’ Allie Burns, author of The Lido Girls
‘Lush and evocative.’ Rosemary Smith
‘The writing elevates this beyond many historical novels.’ Joseph Morgan Vienna 1907
Wally Neuzil must find a way to feed her family.…
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1 author picked The Artist’s Muse as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice, the book asks its heroine. It's time the victims had their say and it's a question Kerry Postle tackles head-on. Wally Neuzel was a model to both Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele, giants of the Neue Sachlichkeit in Vienna in the early 1900s, artists who in today's terms, got away with murder. The novel highlights the delicate position a girl was in if she chose to model for an artist albeit a famous one. It might secure her a place in history, but models were regarded as little better than prostitutes,…
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