"Tragic family history told in a collection of imaginary letters to a famed collector, Moise de Camondo"-- Provided by publisher. The Camondos were a Jewish family from Constantinople who made their home in Paris in the 1870s and became philanthropists, art collectors, and fixtures of Belle Époque high society. They were also targets of antisemitism, much like de Waal's relations, the Ephrussi family, to whom they were connected. Eventually, the...