Madame Matisse: The story of three remarkable, resilient women and the artist who changed their lives

On France's golden Riviera, the wife of an artist gives him an ultimatum: her or me. The dazzling new novel from Sophie Haydock, author of The Flames ' Deliciously immersiv e . . . Think of [Haydock] as the art world's answer to Philippa Gregory . . . I took Madame Matisse on a wet, grey holiday and it swept me into a world of startling, splashy colour' The Spectator '[A] sizzling story of the art world, where sidelined women take centre stage. It's an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour ' Daily Mail This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores. Amelie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free spirit, she sees in this budding young artist a glorious future for them both. Ambitious and driven, she gives everything for her husband's art, ploughing her own desires, her time, her money into sustaining them both, even through years of struggle and disappointment. Lydia Delectorskaya is a young Russian emigree, who fled her homeland following the death of her mother. After a fractured childhood, she is trying to make a place for herself on France's golden Riviera, amid the artists, film stars and dazzling elite. Eventually she finds employment with the Matisse family. From this point on, their lives are set on a collision course.... Marguerite is Matisse's eldest daughter. When the life of her family implodes, she must find her own way to make her mark and to navigate divided loyalties. Based on a true story, Madame Matisse is a stunning novel about drama and betrayal; emotion and sex; glamour and tragedy, all set in the hotbed of the 1930s art movement in France. In art, as in life, this a time when the rules were made to be broken... EAN: 9780857527608 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 06.03.2025 Autoren: Haydock, Sophie Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 352 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General Keyword: historical fiction; historical fiction books; matisse cut outs; historical novels; henri matisse; art books; feminist books; books for women; france; top selling books for women; feminist; good books for women; paperback books for women; adult books for women; books for mum; popular books for women; books for older women; books for her; novels for women; books for young women; ""the flames""; historical fiction books bestsellers 2025; bestselling books; bestselling books for women; biographical fiction; gifts for women Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Cote d'Azur / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Dreißiger Jahre / Roman, Erzählung Fachkategorie: Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch~Historischer Roman~Biografischer Roman~Familienleben~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung~Belletristik: basierend auf wahren Begebenheiten Imprint-Titels: Doubleday Länge: 234 mm Breite: 153 mm Höhe: 40 mm Gewicht: 700 gr Produktform: Kartoniert