The Swan Thieves
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$26.99 Hardcover

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Unabridged Audio
Read by Treat Williams, Anne Heche, and a full cast
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$39.98 17 CDs

Elizabeth Kostova follows her worldwide sensation The Historian with a masterful tale that takes readers from American museums to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.

For unknown reasons, renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks an Impressionist painting of Leda and the Swan hanging in the National Gallery of Art. He then becomes the patient of psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, a painter himself by hobby. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, Marlow embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the very heart of French Impressionism.

"Love and obsession are the primary themes of Kostova's long-awaited second novel (after The Historian), which stretches across three centuries and renders just the right amount of drama. The luxurious artistic detail and richly drawn characters will pull in readers, who will be hard-pressed to stop turning pages."—Library Journal