Why a Booktrail?
1920: Ettie is ready to be seen. Even if it means setting her world on fire.
The Artist
What you need to know before your trail
Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle’s artistic genius possible.
Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he’ll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.
But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.
Over this sweltering summer, everyone’s true colours will be revealed.
Locations
Reset- France - Provence
- A: St Augustin train station
- B: Nice Art Museum
- C: Avignon Centre
- England - London
- D: The National Gallery
Travel Guide
Provence
There is no Saint Augustin in Provence, France, but there is a part of Nice called St Augustine so that is on the map. Close to Avignon where they get the train.
This is a very clever novel which includes the fictional painter Edouard Tartuffe and his painting Le Festin or The Feast:
Don Juan or The Feast with the Statue is a play by Molière as is Tartuffe.
The term “tartuffe” became a common noun in English used to describe a hypocritical pretender, especially to religion.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Artist
Destination/Location: Provence, London Author/guide: Lucy Steeds Departure: 1920
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