Rembrandt's Promise: 'A believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor

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Barbara Leahy

Rembrandt's Promise

'A believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor

Barbara Leahy

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BONNIER
01 May 2025

Stunning historical immersion into the world of Rembrandt with a gripping plot of a promise turned sour. For fans of Stacey Halls, Maggie O'Farrell and Tracy Chevalier.

'With glorious language, she gives us a believable, elegant and atmospheric novel - just beautiful' - Nuala O'Connor - author of Seaborne and NORA

Hanging beside the door is a painting of a wedding feast. The light is centred on the bride; the guests are banished to the shade. That is how it is when he looks at her: all others fade away.

1642. The Dutch Golden Age is underway, with Amsterdam at the height of its powers.

Geertje, an impoverished widow from Edam, enters a melting pot of wealth and culture when she becomes nursemaid in the house of renowned painter Rembrandt.

After Rembrandt's wife dies, Geertje is drawn deeper into his world and despite her friends' warnings, she begins a passionate affair with the master of light and shadow, with devastating results.

Based on the true account of a wronged woman who demanded justice, with themes of feminism, loss, ambition and redemption, this is a remarkable debut, perfect for fans of sumptuous historical fiction.

By: Barbara Leahy
Imprint: BONNIER
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 442g
ISBN: 9781804186398
ISBN 10: 1804186392
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barbara Leahy is from Cork. She was a winner of the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair in 2023. Her short stories have won numerous awards, appeared in the Bridport Prize Anthology, the Bristol Prize anthology, and been broadcast on RT Radio 1. Rembrandt's Promise is her first novel.