House of Gold

A captivating story of war, power and family from the author of The Song Collector, Natasha Solomons

This has everything - engaging characters, a thrilling story and beautiful scenery

One of the best writers of historical fiction working today ... Solomons knows how to draw readers into a particular place and time. And once you're there, you just don't want to leave

A triumph! So vividly and elegantly written, beautifully realised and populated with characters that live and breathe. I was hooked to it.

Katherine Webb, author of The Hiding Place

Solomons has a gift for constructing a well-paced narrative filled with surprises

Delightful and involving ... rich in atmosphere and character

Natasha Solomons brilliantly sets the scene... A compelling read full of lavish detail, undercut by the realities of war and what it means to be Jewish in an anti-Semitic world

Natasha Solomons is the author of five internationally bestselling novels, including Mr Rosenblum's List, The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard &amp; Judy Book Club, and The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. Natasha lives in Dorset with her son, daughter and her husband, the children's author, David Solomons with whom she also writes screenplays. Her novels have been translated into 17 languages. When not writing in the studio, Natasha can usually be found in her garden.

Perfect for fans of THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE 
 
'This has everything - engaging characters, a thrilling story and beautiful scenery' KATIE FFORDE 
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The start of a war. The end of a dynasty. 
 
VIENNA, 1911. Greta Goldbaum has always dreamed of being free to choose her own life's path, but the Goldbaum family, one of the wealthiest in the world, has different expectations. United across Europe, Goldbaum men are bankers, while Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men to produce Goldbaum children. 
 
So when Greta is sent to England to marry Albert, a distant cousin she has never met, the two form an instant dislike for one another. Defiant and lonely, Greta longs for a connection and a place to call her own. When Albert's mother gives Greta a garden, things begin to change. 
 
But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War breaks out, threatening to tear everything away. For the first time in two hundred years, the family will find themselves on opposing sides. How will Greta choose between the family she's created and the one she was forced to leave behind?

Natasha Solomons

[A] lively, tender tale . . . In her zingy new novel [Solomons] gives the Mona Lisa . . . power, casting her as the fanciful narrator of her own story

Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her

A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel

Jillian Cantor, author of The Lost Letter and In Another Time

Oh, my god, I love this book! Extraordinarily inventive, a beautifully written, literary tour-de-force - a delicious historical and artistic feast

John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale

History buffs will find much to enjoy... moreover her writing is melodic, as precise as the brushstrokes on a Renaissance painting

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 
 
'A beautifully written, literary tour-de-force' John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale 
'A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel' Jillian Cantor 
 
The Mona Lisa has hung in the Louvre for over two-hundred years. She has watched alone in silence as millions of people have admired her behind the glass. 
 
Now, she is finally ready to tell her own story. 
 
Over five centuries, from da Vinci's bustling Florentine studio to the opulent French court, Mona will be desired, stolen, heartbroken, curious, furious, and above all, she will be heard. 
 
'Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her' PRESS ASSOCIATION

Natasha Solomons

Praise for I, Mona Lisa

[A] lively, tender tale . . . In her zingy new novel [Solomons] gives the Mona Lisa . . . power, casting her as the fanciful narrator of her own story

Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her

A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel

[A] lively, tender tale . . . In her zingy new novel [Solomons] gives the Mona Lisa . . . power, casting her as the fanciful narrator of her own story

Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her

A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel

[A] lively, tender tale . . . In her zingy new novel [Solomons] gives the Mona Lisa . . . power, casting her as the fanciful narrator of her own story

Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her

A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel

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