'Every picture tells a story.' True! The timeless wonder of Vermeer's ravishing painting has inspired an interesting and lovely book on a possible history behind this portrait. Imagination and fine research leave a vivid impact on the reader of the isolated and harsh life in Delft in 17th Century Holland. Clear, beautiful writing, as the not-so-simple girl herself tells her tale.
(Joan Jackson - bwl 7 February 2001 ) |
