Nicolas, artist and womaniser, is commissioned to design a set of tapestries for the ambitious Jean le Viste. We move between Paris and the le Viste family - Jean's pious, unhappy wife and his beautiful, rebellious daughter, Claude - and Brussels, home of the weavers and blind Alienor. It is these three women who provide inspiration for Nicolas - each in their way the Lady to his Unicorn. Clever, assured and absorbing.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 21 November 2003 ) |
