Letters to Camondo

Letters to Camondo
The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal´s forebears. Like de Waal´s family, they were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism.
Count Moïse de Camondo created a spectacular house filled with art for his son to inherit. Over a century later, de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and, in a haunting series of letters addressed to Camondo, he tells us what happened next...