From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE -- a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Venice and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting -- allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

The Colour of Heaven

Literature & Fiction

JAMES RUNCIE

Contemporary

Harper Collins Pb

The Colour Of Heaven

Literary

Ted Smart

Canvey Island

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Bloomsbury Publishing

Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of Grantchester, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the colour of hazelnuts and a reassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is an unconventional clergyman and can go where the police cannot. Together with his roguish friend, Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewellery theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter and a shocking art forgery, the disclosure of which puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty. Nonetheless, he manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, hot jazz and the works of Tolstoy and Shakespeare - as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior. From the son of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, this is the first of The Grantchester Mysteries, six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history - from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 to the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981 - featuring the unforgettable vicar and sleuth, Sidney Chambers.

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

Bloomsbury UK

A popular ITV adaptation has brought vicar and part-time detective Sidney Chambers to our TV screens. He investigates six cases in this anthology of short stories including the apparent suicide of a solicitor, a jewellery theft on New Year's Eve and a shocking art forgery.

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil (Grantchester)

Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil

Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil

BLOOMSBURY

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death (Grantchester)

Religion & Spirituality

In these six stories, priest and part-time detective Canon Sidney Chambers tackles night-climbers in Cambridge, a case of arson, a poisoning and international espionage - all while trying to decide who to marry.

Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night (Grantchester)

The Great Passion

Genre Fiction

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