Her Last Portrait
By the author of the international bestseller THE INSTRUMENTALIST
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Her Last Portrait
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Paris. Winter, 1705. Marie, beautiful, shy, arrives to paint the mysterious and difficult La Maupin - the legendary opera star who has not been seen in public for months. Both women have much to hide, and as a storm brews outside, their tightly wound performances give way to their desires. Marie isn’t here to simply paint La Maupin. She’s here for the real woman behind the fame, the girl who was known once as Julie.
Paris. Autumn, 1687. Nicolas La Reynie is about to retire from a shining career as the first ever police chief of the City of Light. So, when a silly girl flees her marriage - a fourteen-year-old called Julie - returning her sounds like a simple final task. But as wives begin poisoning their husbands en masse, and the threat of uprising bubbles ever hotter, one woman’s escape becomes an epic cat and mouse chase, a fight for the honour of decent men.
The international bestseller Harriet Constable's dazzling evocation of eighteenth-century Paris will lead you into a hall of mirrors where nothing is as it seems - and into the dark heart of a nailbiting battle for freedom.
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Reviews
The story of the unforgettable Madame de Maupin is both a thrilling, twisting page-turner and a sumptuous feast for the senses. An Ancien Regime Gone Girl, packed with intrigue, murder and bold carnality, yet concealing an unexpectedly tender heart. A riotous cat and mouse chase and a love story for the ages (JO HARKIN)
A truly astonishing achievement. Exceptional twists, luminous prose, a breakneck pace, fascinating characters, vivid period detail, love, passion, adventure, rage - the book has all this, and more. There is so much depth to Harriet Constable's writing, and she weaves complex themes together so deftly and with such verve, I genuinely could not bear to stop reading. I don't think I have ever enjoyed a book more, it is simply brilliant (ELODIE HARPER)
Praise for The Instrumentalist: Historical fiction as it should be written
Vibrates with colour and passion … I was completely swept up (Elodie Harper)
Constable understands the power music has to sustain us
Compelling, vividly described magic
Had me spellbound from start to finish (Emma Stonex)
Constable fills in the gaps, giving a remarkable figure the kind of origin story that has rarely been afforded by history to female artists
Constable succeeds in telling an absorbing story of musical rivalry and ambition, and rescuing an unjustly forgotten woman of genius from history’s dustbin
Enthralling, passionate, vivid ... A marvel (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
I was swept away by this searing portrait of ambition and betrayal. Occasionally a book arrives which not only moves but performs a vital function: and The Instrumentalist restores Anna Maria's name as she deserves (Elizabeth Macneal)
Constable’s lyrical prose and deep emotional insight create a rich, immersive reading experience
Those who have enjoyed Jessie Burton’s historical fiction are likely to find a kindred spirit in Harriet Constable
As tightly tuned as a thriller
Constable infuses historical fact with richly wrought fictional details, to investigate admiration and resentment, ego and legacy
An immersive, impassioned tale full of colour and sound
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