The Flames | Sophie Haydock

Vienna, 1912.
Behind every painting, there is a story...A new century is dawning.
Vienna is at its zenith, an opulent, extravagant city teeming with art, music and radical ideas.
It is a place where anything seems possible...Edith and Adele are sisters, the daughters of a wealthy bourgeois family.
They are expected to follow the rules, to marry well, and produce children.
Gertrude is in thrall to her flamboyant older brother.
Marked by a traumatic childhood, she envies the freedom he so readily commands.
Vally was born into poverty but is making her way in the world as a model for the eminent artist Gustav Klimt.Fierce, passionate and determined, none of these women is quite what they seem.
But their lives are set on a collision course when they become entangled with the controversial young artist Egon Schiele whose work - and private life - are sending shockwaves through Viennese society.
All it will take is a single act of betrayal to set their world on fire...