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In the claws of the eagle

Part of the The Louise trilogy series
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The year is 1913. The portrait of Louise is now hanging in the home of a Jewish family, the Abrahams, in Vienna.

Izaac Abrahams is showing early signs of the talent that will make him a famous violin virtuoso and often practises in front of the picture.

After the Anschluss of 1939, Izaac is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and then to Auschwitz.

The portrait of Louise falls into the hands of Erich Hoffman, an SS officer, and seems destined to join the art collection being amassed on the orders of Adolf Hitler.

What now for Louise and her portrait?

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Product Details
O'Brien Press Ltd
0862788277 / 9780862788278
Paperback / softback
823.914
13/10/2006
Ireland
English
283 p.
22 cm
general /teenage Learn More
Quiz No: 244392, Points 13.00, Book Level 6.50,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More