Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115661to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crimson Portrait Author: Jody Shields Narrator: Josephine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: This haunting love story—the magnificent new historical novel by the author of the national bestseller The Fig Eater-makes unforgettably real the ravages of love and war. Spring 1915. On a sprawling country estate not far from London, a young woman mourns her husband, fallen on a distant battlefield. The eerie stillness in which she grieves is abruptly shattered as her home is transformed into a bustling military hospital. Recoiling from the chaos, unhinged by grief, the young widow finds unexpected refuge in a tender young soldier whose face, concealed by bandages, she cannot see. Their affair takes a fateful turn when she confronts—and seizes upon—the opportunity to remake her lover in the image of her lost husband. The Crimson Portrait is a novel of glittering surfaces that belie dark truths. Its rich cast comes into focus as the novel peels back layers of suspense and intrigue to illuminate the abiding mysteries of affinity and desire. 'Shields's writing weaves dark mythical symbolism with matter-of-fact medical nitty-gritty to reveal what happens when class, ignorance, hopefulness and despair coalesce.'—Publishers Weekly 'Lovely writing...'—Kirkus

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