The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer is by Anne Marie O'Connor. A magnificent nonfiction look at the history of Klimt's masterpiece and the people involved in its creation, theft, and recovery. When the Bloch-Bauer's fled Austria after the country welcomed the Nazi's, all Jewish property was looted and stolen. Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer survived the war, but was not returned by the Austrian government. O'Connor walks us through every step of battle to return the painting to the Bloch-Bauer heirs, one of the most famous in the ongoing battle to return art stolen by the Nazi's to its rightful owners.
Ratings: 11th grade - 8 out of 10.
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