The Real Crime Hans Holbein, King Henry VIII's portrait painter, died in the autumn of 1543. A century later a chronicler reported that the artist had succumbed to plague, yet there is no contemporary evidence to support this. Suspicions have been raised over the centuries, but the mystery of what actually happened remains unsolved to this day. Our Story Young London goldsmith Thomas Treviot is awaiting a design for a very important jewellery commission from Hans Holbein. When the design fails to turn up, Thomas sends a servant to track Holbein down, only to discover that the painter has disappeared. In his hunt for Holbein and the lost design, Thomas is led into a morass of dangerous political intrigue, Spanish spies and courtiers that is more treacherous than he could ever have anticipated...
- ISBN10 075155037X
- ISBN13 9780751550375
- Publish Date 14 August 2014
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 May 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Sphere
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 400
- Language English