by Jessie Burton · Pan Macmillan UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781447250968
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«The Muse» is the historical novel by Jessie Burton, published by Pan Macmillan UK in paperback (445 pages, in English).
In 1960s London, Odelle Bastien, an immigrant from Trinidad, starts as a typist at the Skelton gallery. The enigmatic Marjorie Quick takes her under her wing, and a painting with a secret history connects to rural Spain in the 1930s, where Olive Schloss, daughter of a dealer, and the painter Isaac Robles become entangled in love, ambition, and deceit.
By Jessie Burton, author of the bestseller The Miniaturist; originally published on 30 June 2016.
Reading for fans of historical fiction, mystery, and art; also suitable for book clubs and for those who enjoyed The Miniaturist.
Jessica Kathryn Burton is an English author; As of 2025, she has published four novels, The Miniaturist, The Muse, The Confession, The House of Fortune and three books for children, The Restless Girls, Medusa and Hidden Treasure. All four adult novels were Sunday Times best-sellers, with The Miniaturist, The Muse and The House of Fortune reaching no. 1, and both The Miniaturist and The Muse were New York Times best-sellers, and Radio 4's Books at Bedtime. Collectively her novels have been published in almost 40 languages. Her short stories have been published in Harpers Bazaar US and Stylist.
