False Dawn -- Edith Wharton

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial: https://booksreader.space/al-6871/ Title: False Dawn Author: Edith Wharton Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Unabridged Length: 02:04:00 Release date: 12-01-09 Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: History Publisher's Summary: The first of four novellas, together called Old New York, set in the mid-1800s. Lewis Raycie is sent on a Grand Tour of Europe with instructions from his father to acquire a collection of accepted Art Works. His father's dream is to own a Raphael; instead, Lewis returns with a priceless collection of Renaissance masterpieces by Piero della Francesca and others of equal stature. They are, however, unknown in America. His father is appalled and disinherits him. His family ridicules him. But it is only after Lewis dies that the magnificent collection gets the recognition it really deserves.