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  The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (Paperback) By (author) Jeffrey D Ford

  

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  Short Description for The Portrait of Mrs. CharbuqueNew York, 1893. Society portraitist Piambo receives a commission he cannot refuse. A mysterious woman offers Piambo a fortune to paint her portrait. As Piambo's masterpiece takes shape, his relationship with the woman grows more tangled and her deranged--almost certainly murderous--husband becomes bent on revenge.
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  • Publisher: HARPER PERENNIAL
  • Published: 01 June 2003
  • Format: Paperback 320 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Thrillers | Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780060936174 ISBN 10: 0060936177
  • Sales rank: 594,292

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Full description for The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque

• A mysterious and richly evocative novel, "The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque" tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic, but he may not, under any circumstances, see her. So begins an astonishing journey into Mrs. Charbuque's world and the world of 1893 New York society in this hypnotically compelling literary thriller.