Charles Goodgame is a portrait painter who's in love with his stepsister Polly Capstan. She works for the Duke of Burfaughtonleigh at his crumbling stately home in Gloucestershire. Polly invites Charles to paint a portrait of the Duke, but when he arrives, he finds that she has an ulterior motive, a brilliant idea that will make them 'pots of money'.
The plan goes wrong, of course ...
The supporting cast of characters includes aristocratic crooks, a widowed Viscountess with a penchant for Italian waiters, an artist with a guilty secret who is being blackmailed by the alcoholic wife of a theatre impresario and a bank manager who carries handcuffs and a shotgun when chasing fraudsters, but not everyone is who they appear to be. All their lives collide in a series of scandals, shocks and surprises that continue to the very last page.
- ISBN13 9791220114301
- Publish Date 2 May 2023
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 May 2023
- Publish Country IT
- Imprint Europe Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 456
- Language English
- URL http://europebookstore.com/products/the-dukes-portrait-ken-wilson/