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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales ADVANCE INFORMATIONMr Hogarth%u2019s MorningThom BraunKEY SELLING POINTSAneighteenth-centurymurder-mystery,but also is awiderstory aboutthe social andartistic themes ofthe time.Anovelsetaroundoneof William Hogarth%u2019smosticonicimagesof awomaninLondon(CoventGarden).Are-examinationof thisimagefromafeministviewpoint.WhenKittyfalls toherdeathinoneofCoventGarden%u2019sseediertenementsattheendof 1735,it%u2019sseenasan unfortunate accident.Butthe memory haunts the nightmares of Kitty%u2019s neighbour, JeremiahPotts. Jeremiah scrapeshisownpoorlivingbyrunningerrandsforlocalartists,themostfamousbeingWilliam Hogarth%u2013seemingly unstoppable since the success of hisHarlot%u2019s Progress.Hogarthhas startedwork ona newpainting thatshowsawomanwalkingacross CoventGardenPiazza.Theimage raisesimmediatequestionsforthe artist%u2019swife,Jane%u2013butalsoappearstoharkback tosomethinginherhusband%u2019spast.Asimilar, half-forgotten history torments anotherlocal resident, Prudence Hyssop, who is determined that the NewYearof 1736 shouldsignalafreshstart.Meanwhile, gentleman-painterJonathanSmallowhasonething only in mind.Murder.Inafast-movingtaleoflostinnocence,thwartedambition, artistic skulduggery, andblind passion,thelives of Jeremiah,Prudence,Smallow, andtheHogarths are throwntogetherinnewandunforeseenways.Setagainst thevibrantbackdropofCoventGarden,Mr Hogarth%u2019s Morning paintsacompelling picturethatblends dark desireswithcolourful comedy to create a totally newand unforgettable viewof eighteenth-century London.Thom Braun has been an academic (with two PhDs), international marketing director, creative strategy consultantandpart-timeparishpriest.Hispublications rangefromaliterarybiographyofBenjaminDisraelito ThePhilosophy of Branding (published in ten languages) to a satirical novel aboutthe commercialisation of the Church of England.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a312.99 ISBN:9781836280767 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 198 x 129 mm 432 pp Portrait Authorlocation:Surbiton