Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316785288, Hardcover)

This haunting love story--the magnificent new historical novelby the author of the national bestseller The Fig Eater--makes unforgettablyreal the ravages of love and war.Spring 1915. On a sprawling country estate not far from London, a youngwoman mourns her husband, fallen on a distant battlefield. The eeriestillness in which she grieves is abruptly shattered as her home istransformed into a bustling military hospital. Recoiling from the chaos,unhinged by grief, the young widow finds unexpected refuge in a tenderyoung soldier whose face, concealed by bandages, she cannot see. Theiraffair takes a fateful turn when she confronts--and seizes upon--theopportunity to remake her lover in the image of her lost husband. THE CRIMSON PORTRAIT is a novel of glittering surfaces that belie darktruths. Its rich cast comes into focus as the novel peels back layers ofsuspense and intrigue to illuminate the abiding mysteries of affinity anddesire.