by RossKing (Author)
By the author of the acclaimed Brunelleschi's Dome. After meeting the mysterious and beautiful Lady Beauclair at a society ball, George Cautley, a hapless young artist adrift in the gilded world of 1770s London, paints her portrait. She, in turn, tells him the scandalous story of Tristano, a castrato singer in Handel's opera company fifty years before. But Cautley also meets the eminent painter Sir Endymion Starker that same evening and his mistress, Eleanora, who has another tragic tale to tell, one that will have George unwittingly re-enacting the fate of Tristano...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 392
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0099464551
ISBN 13: 9780099464556
Book Overview: 'Delivers a seamless coup. It has the pace of a thriller and black humour slivered with superb menace...be sure to read it' - Spectator