@albertread

Standard. Conde Nast. The Imagination Muscle.

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Joined March 2009
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TOURISE
@TOURISEofficialOct 20
Meet the jury behind the TOURISE Awards for 2027. An independent, cross-sector panel of distinguished global experts spanning travel, culture, cuisine, fashion and wellbeing, united by one mission: to recognize the destinations shaping the tourism agenda.
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TOURISE
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The next chapter of TOURISE starts here. Join us live on 16 September at 5:00 PM (GMT+3) for the official launch of TOURISE 2027. Watch live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/0ZkcOyShl38… The World Moves When Leaders Move Together Request your invite to #TOURISE27 TOURISE.com #FutureOfTourism
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How did The Odyssey become non-fiction am I missing something
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Thank you so much to @TheEconomist for this kind review 💫
The Economist
@TheEconomistAug 22
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portraits might seem like pictures of privilege, but they mask a tragic fate. You will not look at a 19th-century portrait the same way again economist.com/culture/2026/0…

Money, sex and bigotry: what one painting reveals about France

“The Renoir Girls” uses a bright canvas to sketch a sombre history

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Book reviews: ‘Cool Machine: A Novel’ and ‘The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal’ theweek.com/culture-life/boo…

Book reviews: ‘Cool Machine: A Novel’ and ‘The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War &...

Colson Whitehead completes his Harlem Trilogy and a look at the persecution of a Jewish family in France

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Albert Read retweeted
Whit Stillman@WhitStillmanJul 8
1900s heatwave - head to the water.
(Re)découvrez PARIS, le compte 100% PARIS 🇫🇷
@parisvisitesJul 8
Pour échapper à la #canicule, les Parisiens se réfugient en Normandie, à Étretat et sur les plages normandes... vers 1900. #Paris #Etretat #Deauville Paris-visites-guidees.com
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In 1881, Renoir painted the portrait of Élisabeth and Alice Cahen d'Anvers, daughters of a Jewish banking family in Paris. The book, The Renoir Girls, traces their different fates. townandcountrymag.com/leisur…

The Surprising Secret Meaning Behind a Renoir Masterpiece Revealed

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portrait of the daughters of a grand Parisian family would become world famous, but its beauty and renown belies the tragic fate of its subjects.

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Albert Read retweeted
The New Yorker
@NewYorkerJul 27
Short reviews of recent releases. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Short reviews of recent releases.

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Leslie Camhi@CamhiLeslieJul 27
Out of the habit of posting my work here, but here goes. My latest for the NYT nytimes.com/2026/07/25/books…

The Dark Story Behind a Sugary-Sweet Portrait

In “The Renoir Girls,” the English historian Catherine Ostler tells the beguiling, troubling and ultimately heartbreaking story of the Cahen d’Anvers family.

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Peek inside Catherine Ostler's vivid biography of a Jewish family in France navigating changing society, antisemitism, and more in this excerpt. bit.ly/4ywWfqn THE RENOIR GIRLS: A HIDDEN HISTORY OF ART, WAR & BETRAYAL is just out this month! @AtriaBooks

Excerpt — The Renoir Girls: A Hid­den His­to­ry of Art, War & Betrayal

A snow-heavy lowering sky over the courtyard of a military academy; a quivering and drunken crowd, jeering and whistling behind the gates; a quarter to nine in the morning on Saturday, January 5, 1

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"The betrayals in this story are endless. Ostler’s book is one more effort, dogged and impressive, to set the record straight." Brilliant review of @CatherineOstler's #TheRenoirGirls in The New York Times! Get your copy now! @AtriaBooks @simonschusterUK nytimes.com/2026/07/25/books…

The Dark Story Behind a Sugary-Sweet Portrait

In “The Renoir Girls,” the English historian Catherine Ostler tells the beguiling, troubling and ultimately heartbreaking story of the Cahen d’Anvers family.

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The Renoir Girls is an instant New York Times bestseller! Thrilled and so grateful to the brilliant team at S&S/Atria in the US and UK and to the descendants of those beautiful girls who told me their stories. @krisjdoyle, Peter Borland, @GeorginaCapel ♥️ @AtriaBooks
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Amazing to see that @CatherineOstler's #TheRenoirGirls is an instant New York Times bestseller! 🥳 Get your copy now! @AtriaBooks @simonschusterUK nytimes.com/books/best-selle…

Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times

The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks,...

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I loved writing this piece about the origins of The Renoir Girls for @voguemagazine with thanks to @ChloeSchama ♥️
Vogue Magazine
@voguemagazineJul 14
A Paris meeting, a Renoir painting, and a submerged history of antisemitism all came to the fore in research for 'The Renoir Girls.' vogue.com/article/renoir-gir…

A Chance Encounter With Proust’s Goddaughter Unraveled a History of Antisemitism

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The Surprising Secret Meaning Behind a Renoir Masterpiece Revealed Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portrait of the daughters of a grand Parisian family would become world famous, but its beauty and renown belies the tragic fate of its subjects. townandcountrymag.com/leisur… @GeorginaCapel

The Surprising Secret Meaning Behind a Renoir Masterpiece Revealed

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portrait of the daughters of a grand Parisian family would become world famous, but its beauty and renown belies the tragic fate of its subjects.

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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week bookmarks.reviews/the-best-r… via @bookmarksreads

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Sigrid Nunez, Wilmington's white supremacist coup, Julie Buntin, and more

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"...Ostler transforms history’s grand sweep into intimate profile." Fab review of @CatherineOstler's #TheRenoirGirls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal! @washingtonpost Get your copy now! @simonschusterUK washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | How Renoir’s ‘Pink and Blue’ faded to black

Reading Europe’s fate through the lives of two French sisters in a famous impressionist portrait.

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Another great review of @CatherineOstler's #TheRenoirGirls! @nypost 😍 Out in the US tomorrow! @AtriaBooks You can read the article here 👇 nypost.com/2026/07/12/lifest…

How the lives of Renoir's adorable Belle Époque subjects turned to tragedy

The Cahen d'Anvers sisters were born into unimaginable wealth — then they faced unimaginable brutality.

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Listen to @CatherineOstler on the John Sandoe Books podcast about her new book #TheRenoirGirls! 😍 johnsandoe.com/catherine-ost…
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Fabulous to see @CatherineOstler's #TheRenoirGirls is one of @TandCmag's 46 Best Books to read this Summer 😍 Get your copy now! @simonschusterUK townandcountrymag.com/leisur…

The 46 Must-Read Books of Summer 2026

Our picks for the standout new releases of June, July, and August.

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