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The Lady in Gold

the Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
May 29, 2012ALLAN JOHN FLETCHER rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This could have been a great book if it had been written by someone else or if O'Connor had collaborated with a scholar. As other reviewers have mentioned, it's full of ridiculous and easily avoidable errors. Her strength is in the suspenseful and compelling narratives of players who were attempting to flee the Nazis. Even here, though, poorly crafted sentences sometimes destroy the mood or compromise the intensity. It's a great story, but it isn't told as well as it deserves to be.