A London drawing-room falls silent for a soprano’s song, while a small dark woman with a scarlet fan watches an elderly man’s twitching hands. From that first scene the novel moves through society luncheons, theatres and country houses, following a celebrated beauty, the men who admire her and an actress who imitates her in a coarser key.
A polished society novel from the author of The Garden of Allah, keen on the price of being looked at. Download the free EPUB.