Christopher Peachment: 3 books
The Green and the Gold
A Novel of Andrew Marvell: Spy, Politician, Poet
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
In The Green and the Gold, his second historical novel, Christopher Peachment introduces us to Andrew Marvell, the beguiling 17th century poet and writer of "To His Coy Mistress", also a spy and politician. Marvell delightfully captured in his metaphysical poetry every aspect of love lost...
Caravaggio
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
My sight was always good. But color now takes on even greater riches. I no longer need the bright blues and reds, which I did so delight in when I was young. I see a hundred times more beauty now in a dark brown, or the pale tints of quiet flesh. Or a ray of light across a fur or a beaten earth floor...
by Christopher Peachment
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
This hilarious book began life a decade ago, when the Erotic Review needed a regular diary to enliven its pages with monthly tales of sexual deviance.
Readers' letters soon confirmed that it was one of the most popular features in the magazine, and seemed to reflect their desire for wicked...