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Sophie Haydock is an award-winning author, journalist and curator with a passion for uncovering hidden treasures and shining a light on untold stories, particularly those of women in art.

Her debut novel, The Flames, brings to life the women who posed for the scandalous Viennese artist Egon Schiele – and the price they paid for their devotion. It won the Impress Prize for New Writers, was longlisted for the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown Award, and was named one of The Times’ Best Historical Fiction Books of 2022. Translated into seven languages, its Italian edition, Le Fiamme, won the prestigious Premio Letterario Edoardo Kihlgren in 2024.

Her second novel, Madame Matisse, shines a light on the women who shaped and defined the g
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The Flames

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Red House Alley by Else Jerusalem, first published in 1909, is an unflinching, feminist masterpiece that demands to be read and remembered. Set in a Viennese brothel at the height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the novel follows Milada, a woman navi ...more
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“It’s quite a battle the two of you have chosen to undertake. Against religion. Against society. You’ve lost the approval of upstanding people. It doesn’t bother you to forfeit order and conformity?’ The priest does not take his eyes from Vally. ‘I’m a simple man,”
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“She can’t shake the feeling that it’s a punishment for her actions, a curse.”
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“I have no idea how love is supposed to feel.’ ‘It’s meant to feel warm, and safe. It’s meant to feel as if we have all the time in the world and we only want to spend it with each other.”
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