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Sharratt (Illuminations; The Dark Lady's Mask) writes historical fiction focusing on strong women who have been overlooked by history. Her seventh novel tells the story of Alma Mahler, the much younger wife of composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, seeking to correct the popular view of Alma as a "voracious, man-eating, hysterically self-dramatizing seductress." The author succeeds in making he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More