Novel set in pre-war London and Guernsey
The Painted Kiss

Location(s): Vienna
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1880s
Late 19th century Vienna, café society, grand architecture and a lively artistic community, this is the imagining of the life between Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, who was reputed to be his model for his painting “The Kiss”. The novel follows the blossoming of this young woman and her entry into the decadent world he inhabited.
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