Philippa Stockley Libri

Gilver Memmer, a once-celebrated painter, grapples with his fading fame and self-destructive tendencies. His striking looks and talent are overshadowed by his self-absorption and decline. As he spirals toward oblivion, two women enter his life: one seeks to hasten his downfall, while the other offers a glimmer of hope for redemption. The narrative explores themes of artistic brilliance, personal turmoil, and the complexities of relationships, highlighting the tension between self-destruction and the possibility of salvation.

One freezing April morning, two veiled women step off the boat from Holland. They are on the run: a scheming French aristocrat, who goes by her nom de plume of Mrs Fox, and her loyal maidservant. With only a handful of gold and fearing for her life, Mrs Fox sets about establishing herslf with high society. Immoral and beautiful, Mrs Fox has always used men to support and amuse her. Trusting on her wits to keep ahead of the hangman, she manipulates others to survive: gullible Lord Danceacre, sweet Violet Denyss and degenerate predator Earl Much. Yet in the earl, Mrs Fox has met an adversary whose sadistic visciousness is a match for her own attempts to destroy him. Through a dark, quick world of liars and lechers, where infidelity and intellect cross swords with desire and death, Mrs Fox hurtles towards a horrible climax. Here is London, 1784 ...welcome to a factory of cunning.

Born worlds apart, Lily and Zenobia unite and fight to survive in murderous 17th century London, in a hard-edged, glittering novel

Inventive, eco ways to decorate your home, save money and help look after the planet, in step-by-step fully illustrated projects