Wings over Delft by Aubrey Flegg

Wings over Delft by Aubrey Flegg

Book 1: The Louise trilogy Winner of the Bisto Book of the Year Award 2004 As the daughter of a wealthy Dutch family, Louise Eeden knows that certain things are expected of her. When her father commissions a famous artist to paint her portrait, she reluctantly agrees. But lately things have started to move too fast in her life. Somehow everyone believes she is engaged to Reynier de Vries; a marriage that will bring about the merger of two respected pottery businesses.In the studio with Master Haitink and his gangly apprentice, Pieter, Louise unexpectedly finds freedom to be herself. But someone has been watching her every move, and her deepening friendship with Pieter has not gone unnoticed. Behind the scenes, a web of treachery and deceit is gradually unravelling, leading to a brutal and shocking confrontation. And fate has yet another surprise in store for Louise Eeden.

'The gentle love story takes the reader through dark intrigue, religious unrest and the palpable, cultural atmosphere of life in a Dutch city, to an unexpected conclusionA well-tailored and absorbing read for adults as well as for age 12-plus.'

-- The Sunday Tribune * The Sunday Tribune *

'A story full of individual stories, each of which contributes to a final picture which is immensely rich and colourful ... It is one of Flegg's most impressive achievements that he portrays so credibly a society (and indeed a Europe) on the verge of numerous forms of discovery, not least about itself ... An assured piece of writing which more than fulfils the promise expressed in the Whitman lines which serve as its epigraph: "You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself".'

-- Robert Dunbar - The Irish Times * The Irish Times *

'an exquisitely crafted novel which will stay in the reader's memory long after the closing pages are read.'

-- Valerie Coghlan - Inis Magazine * Inis Magazine *

'I found myself captivated ... And as for the sequel? Can't wait.'

-- Jamilla Gavin, Children's Whitbread Award-Winner

'A wonderful story set in a very exciting time, the quality of the writing is superb and the ending unforgettably moving. A must for the school library.'

-- Pat Williams - The School Librarian * The School Librarian *

Aubrey Flegg was born in Dublin. His early childhood was spent in County Sligo, Ireland. He went to school in Dublin and later in England. After a spell with a mountain rescue team in Scotland, he returned to Ireland to study geology at Trinity College. He then did geological research in Kenya, before joining the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1968. Aubrey recently took early retirement in order to concentrate on writing. His first book, Katie's War, is about the civil war period in Ireland; it was published in 1997. Katie's War has recently won the Peter Pan Award 2000 -- an award created by IBBY Sweden for a children's book, translated into Swedish, which gives information on another culture. Wings Over Delft, the first book in the Louise trilogy, won the Bisto Book of the Year overall award in 2004.

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ISBN 13	9780862788865
ISBN 10	0862788862
Title	Wings over Delft
Author	Aubrey Flegg
Series	The Louise Trilogy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	O'Brien Press Ltd
Year published	2004-09-03
Number of pages	208
Prizes	Winner of Bisto Book of the Year Award 2004 2004 (Ireland), Winner of Reading Association of Ireland Award 2005 2005 (Ireland), Winner of White Ravens 2004 (Germany), Winner of Bisto Book of the Year 2003 (Ireland)
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