'Fascinating & compelling. I loved all four women'ELODIE HARPER,author of THE WOLF DEN'MAGNIFICENT...It's simply too good'KATIE LOWE,author of THE FURIES'Utterly compelling'KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE,author of THE MERCIES___Vienna,1912. Behind every painting,there is a story...A new century is dawning. Vienna is at its zenith,an opulent,extravagant city teeming with art,music and radical ideas. It is a place where anything seems possible...Edith and Adele are sisters,the daughters of a wealthy bourgeois family. They are expected to follow the rules,to marry well,and produce children. Gertrude is in thrall to her flamboyant older brother. Marked by a traumatic childhood,she envies the freedom he so readily commands. Vally was born into poverty but is making her way in the world as a model for the eminent artist Gustav Klimt.Fierce,passionate and determined,none of these women is quite what they seem. But their lives are set on a collision course when they become entangled with the controversial young artist Egon Schiele whose work - and private life - are sending shockwaves through Viennese society. All it will take is a single act of betrayal to set their world on fire..._'Glorious'Guardian'Intoxicating and evocative...full of controversy and drama. We loved it'Woman & Home'Thought provoking and illuminating - I so enjoyed discovering the world and the women behind works of art I adore'KATE SAWYER,author of THE STRANDING'An exquisite sense of place and era with a passion and sensuality that transcend time altogether.'ISABEL COSTELLO,author of SCENT'Confident...urgent...illuminating'Sunday Times'Impressive'The Times'A stunning story of love,art and betrayal'RED magazine'Full of scandal,love,betrayal,and heartache'Cosmopolitan'Mesmerising'Good Housekeeping'A drama of love,loss,rivalry and betrayal. A terrific debut,brilliantly imagined'Saga Debut of the Month'An unforgettable book about wanting more for ourselves than we are told we are allowed'Ericka Waller,author of Dog Days
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781529176988Number of pages: 464Weight: 314 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 27 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
MAGNIFICENT. Feels destined to be a classic - exquisitely crafted and so absorbing. I loved it and REFUSE to accept it is a debut. It's simply too good.As a feminist reworking of Schiele's story,and as an exercise in redressing historical injustice,this novel is a glorious success. Haydock ensures that these women emerge from behind Schiele's gaze,and she also uses them to illuminate a period of seismic change... an impressive and highly enjoyable debut.Completely convincing and utterly compelling,THE FLAMES gives vivid voice to four muses who refuse to be remembered as just that. Haydock is a writer to watch.Confident...urgent...illuminating: you will never again look at Schiele's vivid portraits without wondering about his subjects'lives beyond the frame.In Sophie Haydock's impressive debut these women leap from Schiele's canvases,becoming fascinating and complex characters.Thought provoking and illuminating and a fascinating - I so enjoyed discovering the world and the women behind works of art I adore.
'A reimaging of the lives of artist Egon Schiele's four female'muses'it is both fascinating and compelling. I loved all four women...and the final scenes with Egon himself were truly extraordinary.'
The four women who loved Schiele come back to life,combining an exquisite sense of place and era with a passion and sensuality that transcend time altogether.'I knew nothing of Egon Schiele. I'm now obsessed,and heartbroken for all four women. An unforgettable book about wanting more for ourselves than we are told we are allowed.'An intoxicating and evocative read full of controversy and drama. We loved it.Impressive...one of the great joys of reading The Flames is looking again at the women's portraits and letting them be animated by Haydock's careful,vibrant animationReaders are going to fall very hard for this one.For anyone who enjoyed Girl with a Pearl Earring,Sophie Haydock's debut novel will delight and entertain....an intoxicating and evocative read full of controversy and drama. We loved it.Enthralling and utterly captivating! Sophie's prose is as evocative and beguiling a the stories it tells. Prepare for The Flames to become your next obsession.A stunning story of love,art and betrayal'In The Flames,Haydock turns a forensic eye on the loves,fears,hopes,and heartbreaks of four extraordinary women who might otherwise have been swallowed by history...a beautiful and timely narrative,which focuses its lens on the closest details to reveal an understanding of the most profound human emotions and behaviour.'We learn more about great figures in time by watching the spaces around them. The Flames paints a history so detailed and vivid that we feel we were there in the flesh. A book to get lost in,a great feat of a debut.'Full of scandal,love,betrayal,and heartache...Adele,Gertrude,Vally and Edith are given voices loud and clear'The untold stories of four women depicted in the paintings of artist Egon Schiele...are brought to life in this mesmerising debut... movingly told''Exhilarating... a dynamic,vivid debut pulled off with considerable élan'An intoxicating and evocative readEnlightening and impeccably researched...Haydock perfectly captures the spirit of the era. (The Flames) is moving,illuminating and evocativeA drama of love,loss,rivalry and betrayal. A terrific debut,brilliantly imagined.Story by story,woman by woman,The Flames is kindled by mystery,desire,and Haydock's own resonant prose.Absolutely loved this one....As rich,dark and delicious as a piece of Sachertorte.Fascination and authenticity shines through on every page...the prose is light and fluid and reads like a contemporary novel.Each of the muses had an extraordinary story to tell... I was utterly absorbed from beginning to end.
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