![]() ![]() 'Set in Georgian-era London, The Fugitive Colours is an immersive historical mystery full of surprising twists. ![]() The ensuing events take Genevieve deep into England's emerging industrial heartlands, where not only does she learn about porcelain, but also about the art of industrial espionage. A sequel to Nancy Bilyeau’s The Blue, The Fugitive Colours again reveals a dazzling world of glamour and treachery in Georgian England, when beauty held more value than human life. ![]() But in particular, she must learn the secrets of the colour blue… When Genevieve meets the charming Sir Gabriel Courtenay, he offers her an opportunity she can't refuse if she learns the secrets of porcelain manufacture, he will send her to Venice. Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture.įor Genevieve Planché, an English-born descendant of Huguenot refugees, porcelain holds far less allure she wants to be an artist, a painter of international repute, but nobody takes the idea of a female artist seriously in London. In eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities. Nancy Bilyeau, a former staff editor at InStyle, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, has written a thriller set in the 18th century art and porcelain. €˜Nancy Bilyeau's passion for history infuses her books' â€" Alison Weir ![]()
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