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Book SynopsisTrade Review"
[Isabella Stewart Gardner] shed[s] light on this complex woman and cut[s] through the misconceptions that have grown up around her.
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---Michael Patrick Brady, WBUR"
A fascinating life story of a woman who defied convention to create an enduring legacy.
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---Sarah Cascone, ArtNet"Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald...have drawn on the personal archive of the celebrated philanthropist and collector, bringing to light new details about her art tastes and collecting activities along with her vision for her palazzo-style museum."
---Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper "As befits an official biography, Silver and Greenwald approach their subject with decorum and respect: they neither hide nor emphasize potentially controversial elements, carefully outlining the sources of money in Isabella’s family and the old Boston Brahmin fortune of her devoted husband."
---Peter Walsh, Arts Fuse
