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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...Set against the turmoil, intrigue and, tragedy of Henry VIII's court, Portrait of an Unknown Woman vividly evokes sixteenth-century England on the verge of enormous change. As the Protestant Reformation sweeps across Europe to lap at England's shores, relations between her king and the Catholic Church begin to plummet-driven by Henry VIII's insatiable need for a male heir and the urgings of his cunning mistress Anne Boleyn-and heresy begins to take hold. As tensions rise, Henry VIII turns to his most trusted servant and defender of Catholic orthodoxy, Sir Thomas More to keep peace in England, but soon the entire More family find their own lives at risk.At the center of Portrait of an Unknown Woman is Meg Gigg's, Sir Thomas More's twenty-three year old adopted daughter. Intelligent, headstrong, and tender-hearted, Meg has been schooled in the healing arts. And though she is devoted to her family, events conspire that will cause Meg to question everything she thought she knew-including the desires of her own heart. As the danger to More and his family increases, two men will vie for Meg's affections: John Clement, her former tutor and More's protg who shares Meg's passion for medicine, but whose true identity will become unclear, and the great Holbein, who's artistic vision will forever alter her understanding of the world. With a striking sense of period detail Portrait of an Unknown Woman is an unforgettable story of sin and religion, desire and deception. It is the story of a young woman on the brink of sensual awakening and of a country on the edge of mayhem.

A young woman comes of age in Tudor England amid rising political and religious tensions in this luminous historical novel debut.

"Readers of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring will enjoy this debut novel for its elucidation of Holbein's symbolism. . . . Highly recommended." - Library Journal (starred review)

"Part love story, part thriller, all excellently imagined and written." - The Times (London)

In the year 1527, the great portraitist Hans Holbein, fleeing this Protestant Reformation, comes to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. Over the course of the next six years, Holbein paints nearly two identical portraits of the More family, his dear and loyal friends. But closer examination of the second painting reveals several mysteries . . .

Set against the turmoil and tragedy of Henry VIII's court, Portrait of an Unknown Woman vividly evokes sixteenth-century England on the verge of enormous change-as viewed through the eyes of Meg Giggs, More's intelligent, tenderhearted, headstrong adopted daughter, who stands at the center of this sweeping, extraordinary epic. It is a tale of sin and religion, desire and deception-the story of a young woman on the brink of a sensual awakening and a country on the edge of mayhem.

"An engrossing, quietly impassioned historical that blends some big ideas into the love story and ends with a touching burst of emotional insight." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Bennett constructs lush backdrops and costumes, and has impeccable historical sense. She luminously shades in an ambiguous period with lavish strokes of humanity, unbridled passion and mystery." - Publishers Weekly

"A must-have for those readers who like literary fiction with a large dose of historical authenticity." - Booklist



Autorentext

Vanora Bennett is the author of two acclaimed novels, Portrait of an Unknown Woman and Figures in Silk, and an award-winning journalist. She has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, the Times Literary Supplement, The Times (London), and the BBC. She lives in North London with her husband and two children.
Titel
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Untertitel
A Novel
Autor
Vanora Bennett
EAN
9780061749674
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
HarperCollins e-books
Herausgeber
HarperCollins
Veröffentlichung
19.03.2024
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Dateigrösse
1.08 MB
Anzahl Seiten
504
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