The Watercolourist

by Beatrice Masini, Oonagh Stransky (Translator), Clarissa Ghelli (Translator)

Overview

A mystery and coming-of-age novel set in a grand house in nineteenth-century Italy - Kate Morton meets the Brontës.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447257738
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	05/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Beatrice Masini's books have been translated into over 20 languages. She works as an editor in an Italian publishing group and has translated books such as the Harry Potter series, and in 2014 received the Andersen Prize for best children's author of the year. She won the Premio Selezione Campiello prize and the Premio Alessandro Manzoni award for best historical novel for The Watercolourist.

Editorial Reviews

There's something of Manzoni . . . there are the heartbeats of the youngest Brontë sister, Anne, with her Agnes Grey . . . and, as in Rowling's Casual Vacancy, children are the best part of the story

EBOOK COMMENTARY

Astonishing and compelling historical fiction that is highly recommended!” —Historical Novels Review

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