Další ze série kriminálních příběhů, v nichž hlavní vyšetřovatelkou je samotná Jane Austenová, se odehrává v přímořském letovisku Lyme Regis, kam se na ozdravný pobyt vypraví rodina Austenových. Příjezd je však poznamenán nešťastnou příhodou. Jejich kočár se převrátí a oni jsou nuceni vyhledat útočiště na blízkém panství. Právě zde se Jane poprvé setká s tajemným a nespoutaným, zároveň však velmi přitažlivým panem Geoffreyem Sidmouthem. Tento muž je pro Jane záhadou, neboť je podezřele úzce spjat s místní partou pašeráků...
Na návštěvě panství své přítelkyně, mladé a krásné Isobely Payneová, hraběnky ze Scargrave, se stane Jane svědkyní tragédie. Isobelin manžel – gentleman ve zralém věku, je postižen záhadným a trýznivým onemocněním. Smrt hraběte se jeví jako krutá rána osudu pro čerstvě vdanou Isobel. Přesto truchlící vdova brzy zjistí, že to je jen začátek jejího neštěstí… Brzy obdrží zlověstný úřední dopis, ve kterém ji obviňuje Earlův synovec z cizoložství a z vraždy. Zoufale se bojí, že ji dopis vystaví skandálu obřích rozměrů, a proto požádá svoji přítelkyni o pomoc. Jane se tak zaplete do nebezpečného vyšetřování, které ji zavede až k vězení Newgate a do Sněmovny lordů. Sama se však ocitne v ohrožení života…
Pro všechny, kteří milují Jane Austenovou... Úžasně zábavná nová série, která promění jedinečného autora v mimořádného detektiva!
In the early years of the 20th century, a group of young artists including Ernst Kirchner, Vassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, liberated themselves from traditional representation by using distortion and vibrant, unrealistic colour in their painting. Eroticism became a tool for exposing the lies and decadence of society, whilst motifs borrowed from African, Oceanic and Buddhist art further questioned bourgeois culture. Later, the cruelty of World War I was reflected violently in the work of Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz. In light of an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, this text re-evaluates the range of approaches taken by these radical artists, presenting more than 400 of their works and accompanying essays by art historians. Organized by theme, they describe the historical background of Expressionism and the two main groups Die Brucke and Der Blaue Reiter, looking at the links with Romanticism and Futurism, iconography, supporters, critics, collectors and theory. The main part of the book comprises the works themselves, each accompanied by text documenting their meaning and history. Artist's biographies are also provided.
The rise of the Nazis in 1933 caused an unprecedented forced migration of hundreds of artists within and, in many cases, ultimately away from Europe. Exiles and Emigres, published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition opening in February 1997 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is the first book to trace the lives and work of 23 well-known painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects exiled from their homelands during the 12 years of Nazi rule.Some of the artists, such as Kandinsky, Beckmann, Heartfield, Schwitters, and Kokoschka, sought refuge in Paris, London, or Amsterdam. Others, including Leger, Ernst, Chagall, Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe, fled to the United States. For all the artists, their years of exile would become crucial to the development of their art.Essays by 19 prominent American and European art historians discuss all aspects of the artist in exile, from monographic studies of individual figures to an analysis of the French artistic community in New York. More than 300 illustrations, including many historical photographs, provide a rich visual documentation of the time. An illustrated chronology details key cultural and political events.The related exhibition travels to the Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal in June 1997 and to the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, in October.
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In July 1809, Jane Austen finds solace in her grief over her lost love, Lord Harold Trowbridge, in a new cottage in Chawton, Hampshire, but her peace of mind is fleeting when the corpse of a murder victim is found in the cellar
Jane Austen turns sleuth in this delightful Regency-era mystery November, 1815. The Battle of Waterloo has come and gone, leaving the British economy in shreds; Henry Austen, high-flying banker, is about to declare bankruptcy—dragging several of his brothers down with him. The crisis destroys Henry’s health, and Jane flies to his London bedside, believing him to be dying. While she’s there, the chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent invites Jane to tour Carlton House, the Prince’s fabulous London home. But her visit takes a startling turn when Jane stumbles upon a body—sprawled on the carpet in the Regent’s library. The dying man utters a single failing phrase: “Waterloo map,” sending Jane on the hunt for a treasure of incalculable value and a killer of considerable cunning.
