Portrait of an Unknown Woman: A Novel
The heart has secrets, but the canvas betrays desire The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the Reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More...
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The heart has secrets, but the canvas betrays desire The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the Reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More family and paint two nearly identical family portraits. But closer examination of the paintings reveals that the second holds several mysteries. . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061251832 (0061251836)
ASIN: 0061251836
Publish date: 2007-04-03
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Medieval,
Art,
Historical Romance,
16th Century,
Fiction,
Historical
Finished this morning, yay! An enjoyable and relatively easy read. A couple of small gripes. Most of the book was written in first person, but when the author wanted to give insights into another character’s thoughts, she would change to third person. Now, this is not such a big problem, but I found...
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