Book description
No picture ever came more beautiful than Raphael's Pandora.
Discovered by a dashing young lieutenant, Raymond Kelvedon in a
Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family - all
artists and dealers - for fifty years. Hanging in a turret of their
lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous
wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to
her four children: Jupiter, Alizarin, Jonathan and superbrat Sienna.
Then an exquisite stranger rolls up, claiming to be a long-lost
daughter of the family, setting the three Belvedon brothers at each
other's throats. Accompanying her is her fatally glamorous boyfriend,
whose very different agenda includes an unhealthy interest in the
Raphael.
During a fireworks party, the painting is stolen. The hunt to
retrieve it takes the reader on a thrilling journey to Vienna, Geneva,
Paris, New York and London. After a nail-biting court case and a
record-smashing Old Masters sale at Sotheby's, passionate love
triumphs and Pandora is restored to her rightful home.
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, writer and media superstar. The author
of many number one bestselling novels, including
Riders, Rivals,
Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous,
Appassionata, Score!
and
Pandora
, she lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, Leo, five cats and her
greyhound dog. She was appointed OBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday
Honours List for her contribution to literature.
