Reading this is like stepping into the world of an exquisite Dutch
painting. The setting is 17th-century Holland; the subject - love,
art, beauty, transcience and betrayal. Tender, gripping and
beautifully written, it's two love stories intertwined - one sweet
and one that turns slowly and terribly sour. When beautiful Sophia
begins an affair with the portrait painter her husband has hired,
she and her servant, Maria, resort to desperate measures to protect
themselves and their livelihoods - but they pay a price. With the
gorgeous detail and immaculate proportion of a Dutch still life,
Moggach evokes a world of stark beauty and lovesick folly, set
against the backdrop of Amsterdam during the height of tulip fever.
By turns poignant, thrilling and absurdly funny, this is Moggach at
her best. Review by Liz Jensen who is author of 'Ark Baby'. (Kirkus
UK)
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam, a city in the grip of tulip mania and basking the wealth it has generated. Cornelis, an ageing merchant, commissions a talented young painter to preserve his status and marriage on canvas. At the sittings, as a collector of beautiful things, Cornelis surrounds himself with symbols of his success, including his young wife, Sophia. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the artist; and as ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception, their reckless gamble propels their lives towards a thrilling and tragic conclusion.
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