{"product_id":"9781529926972","title":"Perspectives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Laurent Binet\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical mysteries\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 January 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 20 | 194g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There is no living writer whose new books I fall on with greater delight than Laurent Binet. . . Perspectives is a proper treat' Naomi Alderman 'A dazzling romp' GuardianFlorence,1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden portrait scandalously depicting Maria de Medici, daughter of the Duke of Florence, as a naked Venus. Who is the murderer? Who made the painting? As the city erupts in chaos, Giorgio Vasari, the great art historian, is picked to lead the investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetters fly back and forth carrying news of plots and speculation about the killer’s identity – between Maria and her aunt Catherine de’ Medici, the queen of France; between Catherine and her secret agents; and between Vasari and his friend Michelangelo. And the truth, when it comes to light, is as shocking as the bold new artworks that have made Florence the red-hot centre of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBursting with characters and colour, Perspectives is a mystery like no other that shows us Renaissance Florence as we’ve never seen it before – a dazzling, hugely entertaining novel of court machinations, murder and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Doesn’t get much better than this' Sunday Telegraph'A racy and enjoyable detective story' The Times 'A dazzling romp' Guardian'Funny and very gripping' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56374260498818,"sku":"9781529926972","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781529926972.jpg?v=1771225260","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9781529926972","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}