The Artist By Lucy Steeds

Published: 28/05/2026

Genres: Historical Fiction - Fiction - Art - Historical - Romance - France - Literary Fiction

Provence, 1920.

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.

Because Ettie is ready to be seen.

Even if it means setting her world on fire.

Publisher information

Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781399819589
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 32 mm
Weight: 260 g
Language: English