The Unicorn in the Mirror - Burns, Mary F.
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It's Paris in the Spring of 1881-John Singer Sargent's portraits are garnering praise and attention at the Salon, and Violet Paget (aka writer Vernon Lee) is on her way to a literary rendezvous in London. But their lives are interrupted by a dramatic murder at the Musée de Cluny, where a medieval tapestry is being restored--it may hold the clue to murder! Time-travel through the centuries in France as the two intrepid sleuths unravel a mystery that began in 1480. This is the third book in the John Singer Sargent/Violet Paget mystery series.

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It's Paris in the Spring of 1881-John Singer Sargent's portraits are garnering praise and attention at the Salon, and Violet Paget (aka writer Vernon Lee) is on her way to a literary rendezvous in London. But their lives are interrupted by a dramatic murder at the Musée de Cluny, where a medieval tapestry is being restored--it may hold the clue to murder! Time-travel through the centuries in France as the two intrepid sleuths unravel a mystery that began in 1480. This is the third book in the John Singer Sargent/Violet Paget mystery series.
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Mary F. Burns writes historical fiction, including an historical mystery series featuring the artist John Singer Sargent and the writer Violet Paget (aka Vernon Lee). She is a member of and frequent speaker for the Historical Novel Society, as well as the Henry James Society and the International Vernon Lee Society. Ms. Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb (BA/MA English Lit); J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. She lives in San Francisco with her husband. Before she wrote novels, her career focused on media relations, corporate communications, crisis communication consulting, and event organization. As an independent scholar, Mary has focused her studies and writing on Vernon Lee, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf. Her novels frequently include noted authors as characters, such as Jack London, George Sand, John Singer Sargent, Vernon Lee, and Henry James. Her literary essay "Reading Mrs. Dalloway" was published in 2020, and the Henry James Review published her paper on Vernon Lee and Henry James in the Winter 2023 issue. She has presented papers at various academic conferences: The Sargentology Conference, York University, 2016; Henry James Society Annual Conference, Trieste University, 2019; Vernon Lee: Aesthetics & Empathy at Churchill College, Cambridge, 2022; Keynote Speaker, Teesside University Postgraduate Conference 2023: Ethics, Literature, Culture. Her website is www.maryfburns.com Mary F. Burns writes historical fiction, including an historical mystery series featuring the artist John Singer Sargent and the writer Violet Paget (aka Vernon Lee). She is a member of and frequent speaker for the Historical Novel Society, as well as the Henry James Society and the International Vernon Lee Society. Ms. Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb (BA/MA English Lit); J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.