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title: "The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France"
brand: "james mcauley"
price: "VT6960"
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reviews_count: 9
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# The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

**Brand:** james mcauley
**Price:** VT6960
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- **What is this?** The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by james mcauley
- **How much does it cost?** VT6960 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Fragile
  

*by C***T on Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2021*

Excellent, well-written, and richly informative.Here the reader is brought into the cultural lives of four wealthy and interconnected Jewish families located in France during the most tumultuous decades of the last century. One learns of the tension between living as a Jew in France and being accepted as true citizens (the Dreyfus Case, as prime example); the impulse by Jewish leaders to acquire culturally important artifacts; the hard lot of talented women in finding fulfillment within families dominated by men; the use of museums gifted to the French state to establish a sense of permanence and acceptance, and, finally, the often brutal end exemplified by the city of the mute, Drancy.Dr. James McAuley is a young historian of talent and insight. His book will win prizes.

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    Unforgetable
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021*

I will never forget the familys' profiled in this sublimely written, ultimately heartbreaking, book.  I've lived in Paris off and on for twenty-five years.  I've visited the Camondo Musee more times than I can count (a favorite with guests), knowing only a very small part of the family's history.  I finished reading The House of Fragile Things a few days ago and am still haunted by it.  Perhaps I always will be.  Perhaps I always should be.

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    Historical
  

*by E***D on Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021*

Very well researched and I'm glad that I read it as part of history but some of it is too detailed and reads too much like a history text.

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*Last updated: 2026-05-17*