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England 1899, and the Salisbury Galleries in London announce the biggest exhibition of Old Master paintings every seen in Europe. Excitement is intense, but before the exhibition opens, one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimed a number of the 'Old Masters' had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold, but, after the thrills and dangers of that lawless island, it is in a remote corner of the English countryside where the truth is finally revealed.
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Death of an Old Master, David Dickinson, Peter Snow
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Death of an Old Master
- Subtitle
- A Murder Mystery Featuring Lord Francis Powerscourt
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Dickinson, Peter Snow
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 184119932X
- ISBN13
- 9781841199320
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, British Literature, Historical Mystery
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- England 1899, and the Salisbury Galleries in London announce the biggest exhibition of Old Master paintings every seen in Europe. Excitement is intense, but before the exhibition opens, one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimed a number of the 'Old Masters' had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold, but, after the thrills and dangers of that lawless island, it is in a remote corner of the English countryside where the truth is finally revealed.