On France''s golden Riviera, the wife of an artist gives him an ultimatum: her or me. The dazzling new novel from Sophie Haydock, author of The Flames
''Deliciously immersive . . . Think of [Haydock] as the art world-s answer to Philippa Gregory . . . I took Madame Matisse on a wet, grey holiday and it swept me into a world of startling, splashy colour'' The Spectator
''[A] sizzling story of the art world, where sidelined women take centre stage. It-s an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour'' Daily Mail
This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores.
Amelie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free sp
