House of Gold

From the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford,an epic family saga about a headstrong Austrian heiress who will be forced to choose between the family she’s made and the family that made her at the outbreak of World War I. Vienna1911. Twenty-one-year-old Greta Goldbaum has always hungered after what’s forbidden: secret university lecturesunseemly trumpet lessonsand most of allthe freedom to choose her life’s path. The Goldbaum family has different expectations. United across Europe by unsurpassed wealth and powerGoldbaum men are bankerswhile Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men to produce Goldbaum children. Greta will do her part. So Greta moves to England to wed Alberta distant cousin. The marriage is not a success. Yetwhen Albert’s mother gives Greta a gardenthings at Temple Court begin to change. First Greta falls in love with her gardenthen with Englandand finally with her husband. But when World War I sends both Albert and Greta’s beloved brotherOttoto the front lines–one to fight for the Alliesone to fight for the Central Powers–the House of Gold is left vulnerable as never beforeand Greta must choose: the family she’s created or the one she was forced to leave behind. Set against a nuanced portrait of World War Ithis is a sweeping family saga rich in historical atmosphere and heartbreakingly human characters. House of Gold is Natasha Solomons’s most dazzling and moving novel yet.