![]() ![]() ![]() The ensuing events take Genevieve deep into England's emerging industrial heartlands, where not only does she learn about porcelain, but also about the art of industrial espionage. Nancy Bilyeau, a Michigan native, has worked as an editor on the staffs of InStyle, Rolling Stone, and Good Housekeeping. But in particular, she must learn the secrets of the colour blue. When Genevieve meets the charming Sir Gabriel Courtenay, he offers her an opportunity she can't refuse if she learns the secrets of porcelain manufacture, he will send her to Venice. ![]() Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture.įor Genevieve Planch, an English-born descendant of Huguenot refugees, porcelain holds far less allure she wants to be an artist, a painter of international repute, but nobody takes the idea of a female artist seriously in London. ![]() In eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities. 'Nancy Bilyeau's passion for history infuses her books' - ALISON WEIR ***Now available to pre-order: The Fugitive Colours, the highly anticipated follow-up to the sweeping historical thriller The Blue. The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau is a perfect novel for those long winter evenings, even though The Great Darkness is getting slightly shorter as each day passes. ![]()
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