{"product_id":"perspectives-laurent-binet-9781529926972","title":"Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt, scandal, and murder in Renaissance Florence as a great art historian is charged to investigate the murder of a painter - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2026*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There is no living writer whose new books I fall on with greater delight than Laurent Binet. . . Perspectives is a proper treat' Naomi Alderman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A dazzling romp' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFlorence,1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbove him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden portrait scandalously depicting Maria de Medici, daughter of the Duke of Florence, as a naked Venus. Who is the murderer? Who made the painting? As the city erupts in chaos, Giorgio Vasari, the great art historian, is picked to lead the investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLetters fly back and forth carrying news of plots and speculation about the killer's identity - between Maria and her aunt Catherine de' Medici, the queen of France; between Catherine and her secret agents; and between Vasari and his friend Michelangelo. And the truth, when it comes to light, is as shocking as the bold new artworks that have made Florence the red-hot centre of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBursting with characters and colour, Perspectives is a mystery like no other that shows us Renaissance Florence as we've never seen it before - a dazzling, hugely entertaining novel of court machinations, murder and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Doesn't get much better than this' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A racy and enjoyable detective story' The Times \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A dazzling romp' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny and very gripping' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurent Binet","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49037521846515,"sku":"9781529926972","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781529926972.jpg?v=1778529529","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/perspectives-laurent-binet-9781529926972","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}