The new spellbinding and enchanting story set in Renaissance Venice, from the internationally acclaimed author of Tomorrow
'An engaging thriller and a compelling exploration of an artist's obsession with love and colour'
THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Addictive, ambitious and knife sharp. A compelling thriller and a celebration of art. Ravishing'
RACHEL JOYCE
'A terrific book . . . Absorbing, exciting and, dare I say it, colourful. An original tale told beautifully'
A. D. SWANSTON
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In Renaissance Venice, artist Giorgione 'Zorzo' Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up. So when Zorzo hears a rumour of a mysterious new pigment brought to Venice by the richest man in Europe, he sets out to acquire the colour and secure his name in history.
Winning a commission to paint a portrait of the man's wife, Sybille, Zorzo thinks he has found a way into the merchant's favour. Instead he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy that stretches across Europe and a marriage coming apart inside one of the city's most illustrious palazzos.
As the water levels rise and the plague creeps ever closer, an increasingly desperate Zorzo isn't sure whom he can trust . . .
Will Sybille prove to be the key to Zorzo's success, or the reason for his downfall?
Atmospheric and suspenseful, and filled with the famous artists of the era, The Colour Storm is an intoxicating story of art and ambition, love and obsession in Renaissance Venice.
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Praise for Damian Dibben
'An epic tale of love, of courage, of hope' Evening Standard
'I was captivated from the beginning' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
'Original, ambitious, moving' Stylist
'Bask in the brilliance' The Mail on Sunday
Damian Dibben's novels have been translated into twenty-seven languages and published in over forty countries. Tomorrow is his first book for adults, having written the internationally acclaimed children's series, The History Keepers. Previously, he worked as a screenwriter and actor on projects as diverse as The Phantom of the Opera, Puss in Boots and Young Indiana Jones. He lives in London with his partner, Ali, and their dogs, Dudley, Daphne and Velvet.
Title: The Colour Storm: The compelling and spellbinding story of art and betrayal in Renaissance Venice
Author: Dibben, Damian
ISBN: 9780718183905
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Number of Pages: 368
Weight: 0.4701 kg
Ravishing, addictive, knife-sharp, ambitious, and singing with detail. A compelling thriller that takes us to the heart of sixteenth century Venice where the world's most famous painters compete to win the greatest commission of their lives. There is so much to think about and relish. Not simply the story itself - with all its glorious twists and turns - but the search to express ourselves. A celebration of art and a hymn to colour. -- Rachel Joyce
An engaging thriller and a compelling exploration of an artist's obsession with love and colour * Sunday Times *
The Colour Storm takes readers on a thrilling, murderous journey through the serpentine waters of High Renaissance Venice as one of art history's most gifted but often overlooked painters - Giorgione - searches for love, fame, and, most importantly, colour. Written with language as vibrant as a Giorgione masterpiece, The Colour Storm is for lovers of art, Italy, and page-turning plot -- Stephanie Storey
A terrific book . . . Absorbing, exciting and, dare I say it, colourful. An original tale told beautifully -- A. D. Swanston
An intoxicating and illuminating tale, bathed in colour, passion and ambition . . . A must for lovers of Renaissance art and the wonders of sixteenth century Venice -- S. W. Perry
A vivid imagining of the artistic world of Renaissance Venice. There is an incredible charm in its depiction of the great painters of the period with all their flesh-and-blood idiosyncrasies and flaws. The life of the studio and the supreme importance of colour in all the essentials of its make up is rendered absolutely convincingly. The work has all the more emotional power as it focusses on a lesser known artist as he negotiates the precarious life of his city alongside competitors, those whose names have resounded through history. -- S. G. MacLean
Praise for Damian Dibben * - *
Bask in the brilliance * Mail on Sunday *
Original, ambitious, moving * Stylist *
What a novel! Ambitious and wonderfully achieved * Michael Morpurgo *
I was captivated from the beginning. Ornate, vivid, deeply coloured, and so precise I could smell and taste the world * Rachel Joyce *
An epic tale of love, of courage, of hope * Evening Standard *
A stunning and captivating tale * The Sun *
A grand sweep of adventure and travel, war and romance, and a rich exploration of love, life and loyalty * National Public Radio *
