Wednesday, September 08, 2004
The Painter by Will Davenport
The Painter links a visit by Rembrandt to Hull in 1662 with modern day Amy Dahl and her work restoring an old mansion of Hull. The mystery of what Rembrandt was doing in Hull and what his relationship was with the beautiful wife of the house, Amelia, is clouded by his rivalry with the poet Marvell and the political intrigue of Amelia's husband, Captain Dahl. Amy has the mystery of Amelia's multiple journals, Rembrandts paintings, and two (or three) violent acts which may have been the work of her sexual interest, Don.
This was an interesting book and I read it quite quickly and with focus but now that it is over I cannot pull out exactly what made it worth that much reading energy and I can think of not much to use for recommendation.
This was an interesting book and I read it quite quickly and with focus but now that it is over I cannot pull out exactly what made it worth that much reading energy and I can think of not much to use for recommendation.
# posted by JJ @ 4:59 PM 
