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The English Painter
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ISBN13: 9798993691312
Publisher: Blue Water Ridge Books
Published: Jan 30 2026
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Blue Water Ridge Books
Published: Jan 30 2026
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The book opens in 1926-The War to End All Wars has been over for eight years, though its long, dark shadow still haunts many of those who survived the horror of the war and the ensuing pandemic that decimated the worldwide population. Two survivors who languish in the pall of that conflict and the pandemic that followed are:
- Major Alex Townes, whose shattered leg is a constant reminder of the price he paid for his service. The scion of a wealthy family, he lives in a Hyde Park mansion. He is scurrilous, and despondent, and fraught by the loss of men he led into the hell of no-man's land. But it is the secret guilt he carries for a far greater personal tragedy that hinders his ability to move on with his life. Only his passion for painting can soothe s his troubled soul.
- Hannah Westly lost her brother and her fiancé in battle. After two years of nursing the maimed and mentally damaged husks of once vibrant youth, she is eager to recapture some semblance of normality. She reluctantly accepts the position of managing the Hyde Park estate of the injured Major Townes. She is immediately at odds with her limping, bitter, and brooding employer. She keeps the writing that is her one vanity secret.
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