Rembrandt's Promise
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Rembrandt's Promise: 'A believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor

Rembrandt's Promise: 'A believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor


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Stunning historical immersion into the world of Rembrandt with a gripping plot of a promise turned sour. For fans of Stacey Halls, Maggie O'Farrell and Tracy Chevalier. 'If, like me, you do not typically reach for historical fiction, I urge you to try this one ... Casts light on the eternality of the constitution of the passionate, hurt, needing human soul' - The Irish Times 'With glorious language, she gives us a believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor - author of Seaborne and NORA Hanging beside the door is a painting of a wedding feast. ­ The light is centred on the bride; the guests are banished to the shade. ­ That is how it is when he looks at her: all others fade away. 1642. ­The Dutch Golden Age is underway, with Amsterdam at the height of its powers. Geertje, an impoverished widow from Edam, enters a melting pot of wealth and culture when she becomes nursemaid in the house of renowned painter Rembrandt. After Rembrandt's wife dies, Geertje is drawn deeper into his world and despite her friends' warnings, she begins a passionate affair with the master of light and shadow, with devastating results. Based on the true account of a wronged woman who demanded justice, with themes of feminism, loss, ambition and redemption, this is a remarkable debut, perfect for fans of sumptuous historical fiction.

About the Author :
Barbara Leahy is from Cork. She was a winner of the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair in 2023. Her short stories have won numerous awards, appeared in the Bridport Prize Anthology, the Bristol Prize anthology, and been broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1. Rembrandt's Promise is her first novel.

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'In Rembrandt's Promise, Barbara Leahy swaddles the reader in the living, visceral moment of the era and its players. With glorious language, she gives us a believable, elegant, and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' 'Meticulously researched and beautifully written ... an astonishing debut' 'If, like me, you do not typically reach for historical fiction, I urge you to try this one ... Casts light on the eternality of the constitution of the passionate, hurt, needing human soul' 'Rembrandt's Promise is something genuinely special. Beautifully written, stunning in its imaginative scope and note-perfect in its conjuring of a fascinating era, this is a gripping story rich with passion and vitality, populated with characters you won't want to be easily parted from. A remarkably assured debut novel, of the kind that, once started, is hard to put down, which really ought to break out the deeply talented Barbara Leahy to a wide and enthusiastic audience and bring the kind of kudos she has long and so richly deserved' 'Here is a gift of a first novel, with prose as resolute and sensual as its wronged and determined narrator. Intimate, measured and meticulous in its detail, this is read-on storytelling at its very best. A wonderful debut'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781804186381
  • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: 'A believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor
  • Width: 164 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1804186384
  • Publisher Date: 27 Mar 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 34 mm
  • Weight: 625 gr


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