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The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
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Belle da Costa Greene becomes the brilliant director of J. P. Morgan’s private library, acquiring rare manuscripts and building one of the world’s greatest collections. To succeed in a society controlled by wealthy white men, she must also conceal a dangerous secret about her identity and heritage. Her professional ambition, complicated relationships, and constant fear of exposure create a page-turning portrait of a woman navigating art, money, race, and power in early twentieth-century New York. Based on a real historical figure, the novel combines accessible storytelling with the pleasures of cultural history and a resilient central protagonist.
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