Publisher's Synopsis
Spring 2008. The art world is awash with money. The celebrated art mogul and 'adviser' Piers Guest has a client list which includes the wealthiest of individual collectors and an international merchant bank. A newly discovered masterpiece leads him away from his gallivanting through London's galleries and cafes, and takes him onto altogether different terrain... 1933. Under the shadow of the Nazi party, Helga and Ernst Mann bring a disabled child into the world. While Ernst drifts near the baleful influence of the Third Reich, Helga is determined to keep her child safe. 1890. In Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent Van Gogh lives out his last days. Tormented by illness and regret, he takes up his brush, and paints the picture that will draw many disparate lives together.
