Available for the first time in the United States--a tale of art and espionage during World War II by the best-selling author of the Aubrey-Maturin series. The eponymous protagonist of this novel is a prisoner of the German army in France; but as we soon discover, he is nobody's idea of a hero. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination--one might almost call it a prosecution--of his own life. Temple escapes from a blighted ...
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Available for the first time in the United States--a tale of art and espionage during World War II by the best-selling author of the Aubrey-Maturin series. The eponymous protagonist of this novel is a prisoner of the German army in France; but as we soon discover, he is nobody's idea of a hero. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination--one might almost call it a prosecution--of his own life. Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, which is the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the 1930s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders his one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship, coupled with the outbreak of war, that propels him into the world of espionage.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0393061876. Stated first american edition but no price to jacket; tight unmarked book in lightly rubbed dust jacket. By the author of the mesmerizing Jack Aubrey / Stephen Maturin novels.; 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 Inches; 256 pages.
