The Watercolourist
Beatrice Masini
Translated by Oonagh Stransky & Clarissa Ghelli
19 May 2016Imprint: Mantle
Synopsis
Winner of the Premio Selezione Campiello prize and the Premio Alessandro Manzoni award for best historical novel, The Watercolourist is an intoxicating romantic mystery set in Italy's idyllic landscapes during the 19th Century.
Young and talented Bianca discovers a world teeming with intrigue and whispered secrets in a grand Milanese villa where she's commissioned to illustrate its magnificent gardens. As luminous...
Details
19 May 2016288 pages
9781447257738Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Bianca is reminiscent of both Elizabeth Bennet of Pride and Prejudice and Jo March of Little WomenIl Sole 24 Ore
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 storyla Repubblica
The writing is evocative, the main character engaging, and the landscape clear and lovely in the reader's mindSydney Morning Herald
