A celebrated artist of the Georgian era paints his two young
daughters at the family home in Bath. The portrait, known as "Molly
&the Captain", becomes instantly famous, its fate destined to
echo down the centuries, touching many lives. In the summer of 1889
a young man sits painting a line of elms in Kensington Gardens. One
day he glimpses a mother at play with her two daughters and decides
to include them in his picture. From that moment he is haunted by
dreams that seem to foreshadow his doom. A century later, in
Kentish Town, a painter and her grown-up daughters receive news of
an ancestor linking them to the long-vanished double portrait of
"Molly &the Captain". Meanwhile friendship with a young
musician stirs unexpected passions and threatens to tear the family
apart. Molly & the Captain is a story about time and art and
love. Through the prism of a single painting it examines the
mysteries of creativity, and the ambiguous nature of success. What
weighs more, loyalty to one's talent or loyalty to one's blood?
Does self-sacrifice ennoble the soul or degrade it? And what does
it mean to speak of the past when its hold on the present is
inescapable? Through Anthony Quinn's signature gifts - period
subtlety, intricate characterisation and storytelling verve this
triptych novel melds three families and three centuries into a
single vision of human frailty and longing.
General
| Imprint: |
Little, Brown
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2022 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Quinn
|
| Dimensions: |
232 x 152 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4087-1322-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-4087-1322-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781408713228 |
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