The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

$18.00 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by James McAuley (Author)  A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction“The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rises once again today, the effect is nothing less than chilling.”—Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal“Elegantly written and deeply moving. . . . [A] haunting book.”—David Bell, New York Review of…