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Laddar... The Painted Castle (A Lost Castle Novel) (utgåvan 2019)av Kristy Cambron (Författare)
VerksinformationThe Painted Castle av Kristy Cambron
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  debs4jc | Jun 13, 2021 |   Keira Foley, aspiring art historian and authenticator, has to put her career and dissertation on hold after a scandal in New York brings her life crashing down around her. Emory Scott offers her a chance to put it back together when he hires her to authenticate a painting found in the bricked-up library of an ancient manor house. Together, Keira and Emory delve into the history of the house and its inhabitants to uncover the secrets behind the painting and its artist. During World War II, young widow Amelia Woods provides a home and school for orphans at her late husband’s estate, but unexpectedly finds herself housing a squadron of American pilots as well — and sharing her precious library with one captain in particular. A century earlier, Elizabeth Meade is determined to find her father’s murderer and pay him back in kind … and her mother has just arranged her betrothal to her prime suspect. As always with this series: magical, romantic, with a dash of mystery! Elizabeth’s storyline was my favourite out of the whole trilogy! And we also get a nice callback to the first book to wrap it up. Beautiful! (  ) vvbooklady | May 4, 2021 |  ) SharleneMartinMoore | Apr 24, 2021 | The present day story centers around the discovery of a mid-19th century painting found hidden in an old manor house in Sussex, England. Keira Foley, a talented art historian is brought in to authenticate the painting's provenance in anticipation of a public reveal. The 19th story provides us the background material for the painting's creation and the WWII story sets the stage for its sequestering. All in all, this was a wonderful interweaving of three lovely stories deftly created by Ms. Cambron. She knows her art and her history well and reveals her love for both through her highly descriptive writing. The images her words painted were as elegant as as an highborn lady and as scenic as the rise of sun across a mist-covered meadow. I eagerly look forward to reading the first two books of this beautiful series by a gifted writer. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (  ) KateBaxter | Jan 15, 2020 | I admit to enjoying much of the book but there were several annoying trips and hiccoughs. I had trouble figuring out who was speaking in each of the segments and that became a distraction that prevented the smooth and even flow which the author should have been able to sustain. There are a few brief nods to the lack of a social conscious regarding the “wretched plight of the workers” in Merry Old England around 1843. But why “worry over such trifles.” That little bit rankled and if that was the intention, well served. Solid characters you could like, dislike, admire, envy – they were real and mostly relatable. Circumstances that move in crooked lines as so much of life with its misunderstandings from lack of communication, assumptions and believing there will be a better time to “come clean”. Descriptions that put you in the time and place without stretching. The last chapter was a miss for me because after “watching every painted sunrise that bled over the top of the meadow” I had hoped for more. Thank you NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for a copy. ( ) kimkimkim | Dec 31, 2019 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Ingår i serienLost Castle (3) Priser
A lost painting of Queen Victoria. A library bricked off from the world. And three women, separated by time, whose lives are irrevocably changed. When art historian Keira Foley is hired to authenticate a painting at a centuries-old East Suffolk manor, she hopes this is just the thing to get her career and life back on track. But from the time she arrives at Parham Hill Estate and begins working alongside rumored art thief Emory Scott, she's left with far more questions than answers. Could this lost painting of Queen Victoria be a duplicate of the original Winterhalter masterpiece, and if so, who is the artist? As Keira begins to unravel the mystery behind the portrait, two women emerge from the estate's forgotten past. In Victorian England, talented sketch artist Elizabeth Meade is engaged to Viscount Huxley, then owner of Parham Hill. However, Elizabeth's real motive for being at Parham Hill has nothing to do with art or marriage. She's determined to avenge her father's brutal murder-even if it means a betrothal to the very man she believes committed the crime. A century later, Amelia Woods-a World War II widow who has turned Parham Hill and its beloved library into a boarding school for refugee children-receives military orders to house a troop of American pilots. She is determined the children in her care will remain untouched by the war, but the task is proving difficult with officers taking up every square inch of their world . . . and one in particular vying for a space in Amelia's long-shut up heart. Set in three time periods-the rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England's home-front tensions at the end of WWII, and modern day-The Painted Castle unfolds a story of heartache and hope and unlocks secrets lost for generations just waiting to be found. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
LibraryThing-författareKristy Cambron är en LibraryThing-författare, en författare som lägger upp sitt personliga bibliotek på LibraryThing. Pågående diskussionerIngen/ingaPopulära omslag
 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (4.44)
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With three timelines and three casts of characters this book can be a bit hard to get into. My favorite timeline was the WWII era one, and I kept wanting to go back to it. But each was well written and it was enjoyable to see the connections unfold. Each time period featured a romance which ended happily for the characters. For fans of layered historical fiction with romantic subplots, this would be a winner. (