Madensky Square

A whipsmart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life Eva Ibbotsons Madensky Square is a classic snapshot of Viennese life before WWI with a new introduction from Laura Wood. Susanna Webers dress shop stands in the picturesque Madensky Square a quiet little world of its own nestled in the heart of glittering prewar Vienna. As the winter of 1910 unfurls into spring Susanna starts a journal about life in the Square about the buildings and their colourful inhabitants. Theres Frau Schumacher with six daughters and a baby on the way Professor Starsky and his menagerie of sickly reptiles an aging bookseller a teenaged Anarchist and little Sigi an orphaned child prodigy forced to play the piano all day every day. And then theres her dear friend Alice the only person who has noticed the heartbreak that hides beneath Susannas brisk kindness and brilliant talent . . . Discover more of Eva Ibbotsons sweeping historical romances in Magic Flutes The Morning Gift The Secret Countess A Song for Summer and A Company of Swans all with brand new introductions.