PRE-ORDER: The Artist by Lucy Steeds

PROVENCE, 1920

Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible.

Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.

But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.

Over this sweltering summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed.

Because Ettie is ready to be seen.
Even if it means setting her world on fire.

REVIEWS

"Gorgeous . . . Steeped in the heat and atmosphere of 1920s Provence, this novel brims with intrigue, hope and yearning." - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory and The Burial Plot

"Phenomenal . . . beautiful, pacey historical fiction, vividly realised. It drifts with the scent of summer, the land lit up and throbbing, the food piled high and richly painted, the paint as thick and buttery as food. I wanted to eat it. Yes, I even wanted to eat the paint. Read this book!" - Seth Insua, author of Human, Animal

"I could not love this beautiful novel more . . . the final chapters left me with that delicious heart-bursting feeling, full of hope and delight." - Florence Knapp, author of The Names

PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover Edition
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 978-1399819565
Pages:  304