THE ETERNAL CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY 'Matthew Plampin should rank with the best' Sunday Times 'Plampin is heartbreakingly good' The Times
Matthew Plampin Book order
Matthew Plampin is a scholar of nineteenth-century art and architecture. His academic background has informed a unique approach to writing, blending historical detail with insightful analysis. Readers can expect works that explore the intricate connections between art, culture, and the built environment of the past.
- 2025
- 2018
Mrs Whistler
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
A captivating tale ...This novel is a delight' THE TIMES A terrific novel ... It springs off the page' DEBORAH MOGGACH 'Vividly engaging' SUNDAY TIMES
- 2015
Will & Tom is a glimpse into the life of the infamous artist JMW Turner as a young man during a week spent at Harewood House fighting for a commission against his childhood friend and rival Tom Girtin.
- 2010
The Devil's Acre
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
After a triumphant display at London's Great Exhibition, American entrepreneur Colonel Samuel Colt expands his gunmaking business into England. But his good intentions are not all they appear, and intrigue, betrayal and murder ensue
- 2009
Ambitious young journalist Thomas Kitson arrives at the battlefields of the Crimea as the London Courier's man on the ground. It is a dangerous place, full of the worst horrors of war but Kitson is determined to make his mark. Under the tutelage of his hard-bitten Irish boss Cracknell, and assisted by artist Robert Styles, he sets about exposing the incompetence of the army generals. Two years later, as Sebastopol burns, Thomas returns to England under mysterious circumstances. Desperate to forget the atrocities of the Crimea, he takes a job as a 'street philosopher', a society writer reporting on the gossip of the day. But on the eve of the great Art Treasures Exhibition, as Manchester prepares to welcome Queen Victoria, Thomas's past returns to haunt him in the most horrifying way...
