What if a work of art was your only means of escape? Scarlet Delamere, an aristocratic orphan, turns to a 16th-century portrait for a way out of the prison her home has become. Character fuses into art and love into politics in this coming of age novel, which centers on a flame-haired nude who looks out silently at the mundane from her gilded frame.
"Wow. This is terrific - compelling and exciting and beautifully written..." -Bernard O'Donoghue, Poet and Emeritus Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford University
"...rich, playful, womanly, terrifying sort of stuff..." -Sian Hughes, poet and creative writing tutor at St Annes College, Oxford University
"...an utter joy to read..." -Mst in Publishing students from the University of Utrecht
"...full of raw talent..." -Chris Miller, critic and translator
"...a virtuoso effort..." -Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Trinity College, Oxford University
