“ The Mozart Code is a smart, luscious romance, a thrilling suspense, and a thunderously good read. Readers will be riveted from the very first page.” - Publisher’s Weekly “McMillan’s vivid descriptions of a postwar Vienna add allure to the simmering, romantic mystery.
THE MOZART CODE: A NOVEL, by Rachel McMillan (March 15) I hope that it helps you discover your next great read for the Spring season. The range of stories and settings are diverse: Georgian, Regency, WWII, and post war England to Gilded Age Newport and 1930s Hollywood. Here is a curated list of my favorites for March, April, and May. Today Nancy lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children.My tulips are sprouting! Spring is on its way here in the Pacific Northwest along with a great selection of new historical novels. Nancy is descended from a Huguenot settler who came to America in 1661 and draws on her fascination with French Protestant refugees when writing the character of Genevieve Planché, a Huguenot artist. Passionate about history and art, she wrote an award-winning trilogy set in Tudor England before creating a heroine, Genevieve Planché, who holds personal significance. Nancy Bilyeau, a Michigan native, has worked as an editor on the staffs of InStyle, Rolling Stone, and Good Housekeeping. She immerses readers in a fictionalized account of real lives and events whilst staying faithful to the historical and social context. and even her life.Ī sequel to Nancy Bilyeau's The Blue, The Fugitive Colours again reveals a dazzling world of glamour and treachery in Georgian England, when beauty held more value than human life. One wrong move could cost her not just her artistic dreams but the love of those she holds dear. Genevieve begins to suspect that her own secret past, when she was caught up in conspiracy and betrayal, has more to do with her entrée into London society than her talent. And watching from the shadows are ruthless spies who wish harm to all of England. But such high stakes spur rivalries that darken to sabotage and blackmail-and even murder. She soon learns that for the portrait painters ruling over the wealthy in London society, fame and fortune are there for the taking. Grasping at the promise of a better life, she dares to hope her luck is about to change and readies herself for an entry into the world of serious art.
And men definitely control women.Ī Huguenot living in Spitalfields, Genevieve one day receives a surprise invitation from an important artist. Men control the arts and sciences, men control politics and law.
" The Fugitive Colours is a book you'll have trouble putting down!" Kate Quinn, New York Times Bestselling author of The Diamond EyeĪs Genevieve Sturbridge struggles to keep her silk design business afloat, she must face the fact that London in 1764 is very much a man's world. Description The highly anticipated follow-up to the sweeping historical thriller The Blue.
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