Title: The Lady and the Unicorn - Tracy Chevalier - book
Summary :
Eager to adorn the walls of his new Parisian home, the nobleman Jean Le Viste commissioned a series of six tapestries from Nicolas des Innocents, a renowned miniaturist at the court of the King of France, Charles VIII. The patron was wealthy and dreamed of grand hunting and battle scenes. Surprised to have been chosen for a work so far removed from his specialty, the artist accepted after catching a glimpse of Jean La Noble's daughter, with whom he fell in love. She would become the inspiration and model for the tapestries. This passion would lead Nicolas into the labyrinth of delicate relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, lovers and servants. In Brussels, the weaver Georges de La Chapelle faced the greatest challenge of his career. He had never accepted such an ambitious work on such short notice. But commissions were rare, and the dealer was powerful. The entire life of his workshop and his family would be disrupted. By unraveling the mystery of a magical masterpiece, Tracy Chevalier resurrects a universe of passion and desire in a France where the Middle Ages are about to embrace the Renaissance.
