Basket totals

Narrator

Pippa Nixon

Pippa Nixon has had numerous roles in film and television as well as recording drama for BBC Radio, but she is best known for her critically acclaimed theatre work. During her early successful stage career, Nixon took on a mixture of roles in both contemporary and classical writing. In 2011, after stints at Shakespeare’s Globe where she was commended in the Ian Charleston Awards for her portrayal of Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nixon moved to the Royal Shakespeare Company to take on a number of lead roles.

Search Results

Title:

Rembrandt's Mirror

Written by:

Kim Devereux 

Read by:

Pippa Nixon 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

9 

Duration:

10 hours 19 minutes 

Published:

August 06 2015 

Available Date:

August 06 2015 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781486297948 

Genres:

Fiction; Biographical Fiction; Historical; Historical Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

Qty

Format

Price

Bolinda price

AUD$ 39.95

AUD$ 39.95

**

 

Debut novel
UK Author

Rembrandt's Mirror explores the three women of Rembrandt's life, and the towering passions of the artist, seen through the eyes of his last, great love, Hendrickje.

Hendrickje, a girl from a strict Calvinist family, leaves her provincial home to find work as a housemaid. She enters Rembrandt's flourishing workshop five years after the death of the great artist's wife, an event that continues to haunt him. It is a house full of secrets and desires, and Hendrickje soon witnesses a sexual encounter between Rembrandt and Geertje, his implacable housekeeper. She is shocked to the core by their intense carnality and yet, slowly, she is drawn to Rembrandt by the freshness with which he perceives the world and the special freedom he seems to possess. Rembrandt is a man of dark corners, strange passions and a ruthlessness born from his need to put his art first. An involvement with him could be her ruin or her liberty.

'A vision of what it means to live, to love and to be mortal – its warmth, intensity and intimacy stays with me still.'
Samantha Harvey

'Laced with painterly description and art theory ... a powerful and compelling story.'
The Sunday Telegraph

'Rembrandt's Mirror provides a powerful portrait of a genius.'
BBC History Magazine