The Lady and the Unicorn (Chevalier, Tracy)
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A set of bewitched medieval tapestries hangs today in a protected chamber in Paris. They appear to portrait a woman’s seduction of an unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown – until now.
Paris, 1940. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicholas des Innocents to design them. Nicholas creates havoc among the women in the house - mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting – before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven.
There, master-weaver Georges des la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries - his finest, most intricate work – on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and by their dealing with the full-blooded painter from Paris.
The result changes all their lives – lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.
Paris, 1940. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicholas des Innocents to design them. Nicholas creates havoc among the women in the house - mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting – before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven.
There, master-weaver Georges des la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries - his finest, most intricate work – on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and by their dealing with the full-blooded painter from Paris.
The result changes all their lives – lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.
Having read this book, I can say it is not as good as I expected. What captivated me was the cover and the story behind it: the tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. However, following the first part with the Le Viste family, the story goes downhill. It could be much better written and I didn’t like the main character, Nicholas. It is nice if you want to know about the tapestries and how were they made…