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    Object of Virtue: A Novel
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    Object of Virtue: A Novel

    By Nicholas B. A. Nicholson

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    A dazzling debut about the power of family and the pain of betrayal set within Manhattan's Fifth Avenue apartments, the opulent mansions of the new Moscow, and the pre-revolutionary palaces of Saint Petersburg.

    Sasha Ozerovsky is a young expert in Russian art at Leighton's, an exclusive Manhattan auction house. When a dealer arrives from Moscow with an exquisite 1913 Fabergé figurine, Sasha immediately recognizes a rare masterpiece. But in the high stakes art world, the price of an object is tied to its history. If Sasha can determine for whom the bejeweled piece was made and where it has been hiding for the past century, its value -- and Sasha's career -- will soar.
    But as Sasha moves between New York's high society and Russia's new rich, he discovers that the piece once belonged to his family, and he must face questions about their past that he never dared to ask.
    Superbly plotted and evoking the elegance of Russia's gilded age, Object of Virtue is an enthralling tale that explores what happens to a family torn between vanity and virtue.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTouchstone
    Release dateApr 15, 2004
    ISBN9780743269421
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      descendent of displaced russian nobility working at an auction house in New York. Finds forgery of an important "discovery" though how exactly purprine was reproduced is never said. The "new" Moscow of new rich. Distasteful feature: not one word about what a nasty bunch the Russian nobility was prior to the Revolution. Not that Stalin as any improvement, but the Revolution didn't fall from the sky either. Still, overall an entertaining read. Basically likeable characters, if not quite believable.