{"product_id":"the-afternoon-sun-9781966218081","title":"The Afternoon Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gustav had been given the first name of the German carter who had picked him up in a crib abandoned on the side of a road. This had happened outside the small town of Ellingen, hence the surname. On the child's coat a note had been pinned that here was a Jewish baby, to be delivered to the Waisenhaus in Nuremberg.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on his mother's extraordinary family history, David Pryce-Jones's virtuosic novel tells the tale of the Ellingens, one of the richest and most powerful Jewish families in the Habsburg Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGustav will ascend from the poverty and obscurity of an orphanage to the pinnacle of Viennese society. His only child, Henriette, must cope with the challenges of innocence, wealth and succession. But nothing will prepare her, her son or her grandson for the cancer of Nazism when it spreads across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Afternoon Sun is a vivid portrait of four brilliant generations and their Europe by a peerless observer who knew them as few others could. \"Strength of will proves to be Gustav's real legacy to his family,\" wrote Booklist,  \"far outlasting his mansion, industries, and gold.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tivoli Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966218081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.55d","brand":"David Pryce-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072275706037,"sku":"9781966218081","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9ad317d9-b56c-4c0a-a06b-a6c6bf30888c.jpg?v=1764688324","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-afternoon-sun-9781966218081","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}