Drawing from rich source material, this book bounces between two timelines — following an art student in Paris, and the mysterious woman she believes inspired work by Lord Byron and his circle, our reviewer says.
An amateur art historian uncovers the story of a mysterious woman who inspired some of the great works of Alexandre Dumas, Lord Byron, and Eugène Delacroix in this delightful romp through the City of Lights.
Khayyam is a girl who exists in the liminal space between several identities. She's American, raised in Chicago by her professor parents, but spends her summers in Paris. Her mom is Indian American and Muslim, and her dad is French. She speaks multiple languages and proves to be both adaptable and self-conscious as she navigates multiple worlds. She's also obsessed with art history.— a tragic, orientalist romance written by Lord Byron — to Dumas, famed writer of.
A dismissal from the gatekeepers of the art history world isn't enough to kill her passion for Delacroix, and a visit to Le Petit Palais museum in Paris to visit her favorite painting yields her an interesting new acquaintance: the incredibly cute and charming descendant of Alexandre Dumas himself — also named Alexandre Dumas! It turns out that he also wants to investigate the connection between his ancestor and Delacroix, and together, they begin to unravel the mystery of Leila, the...
Slipping as it does between the modern narrative of history detectives falling in love and a more fairytalesque imagining ofcould be billed as a sort of lighthearted, teen-centric. Telling a dual narrative like this is a risk — I find I often favor either the modern or the historical narrative while reading, to the detriment of the other. But this book finds the perfect balance.
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