This sparkling biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner is many stories rolled
into one: an Edwardian period drama, a chronicle of privilege, and the portrait
of an extraordinarily focused woman. ‘Belle’ devoted most of her life to the
creation of a personally curated art museum, later to be known as the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum. She was a life-long friend of Henry James, and
enjoyed close friendships with John Singer Sargent, Edith Wharton, and Kazuko
Okakura. Read this biography and be thoroughly awed.
(Sharron Calkins - bwl 113 Summer 2024 ) |
