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Death of an old master : a Lord Francis Powerscourt mystery

In May 1901 the Salisbury Galleries announce the biggest exhibition of the Old Master Paintings ever seen in Europe. Excitement is intense. But before it opens, one of Britain s leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found murdered in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did his article that claimed a number of the Old Masters had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to.

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  • "Lord Francis Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through the treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers, framers and reliners, in pursuit of a master forger."
  • "In May 1901 the Salisbury Galleries announce the biggest exhibition of the Old Master Paintings ever seen in Europe. Excitement is intense. But before it opens, one of Britain s leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found murdered in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did his article that claimed a number of the Old Masters had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to."@en
  • "England 1899, and the Salisbury Galleries in London announce the biggest exhibition of Old Master paintings every seen in Europe. Excitement is intense, but before the exhibition opens, one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimed a number of the 'Old Masters' had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold, but, after the thrills and dangers of that lawless island, it is in a remote corner of the English countryside where the truth is finally revealed."
  • "In 1899 England, the Salisbury Galleries in London announce the biggest exhibition of "Old Master" paintings ever seen in Europe. Excitement is intense, but before the exhibition opens, one of Britain's leading art experts is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate, he finds that every book, notepad, and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. The dead man had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimed a number of the "Old Masters" had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold, but, after the thrills and dangers of that lawless island, it is in a remote corner of the English countryside where the truth is finally revealed."@en
  • "A novel of mystery and deceit set in the Victorian art scene journeys into the underworld where forgeries are made, careers hinge on the success and failure of exhibitions, and art critics sometimes turn up murdered."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"

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