{"product_id":"9781855144552","title":"Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People","description":"• Published on the occasion of a new display at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 3 December - August 2012\u003cbr\u003e• Features two new pieces by award winning author Alexander McCall Smith and Tarnya Cooper, 16th Century Curator and Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London\u003cbr\u003e• A major collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery, postgraduate students at the University of \u003cp\u003eBristol and the National Trust, and includes new research into the identities of the sitters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Rosy, Tracy Chevalier writes of a handsome young man with a flushed complexion as the object of homosexual desire. Minette Walters writes a poignant letter from a despairing wife. Julian Fellowes has created a biography of a resourceful woman whose husband was executed during Henry VIII's reign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Singleton relates the adventures of a spice merchant and amateur musician struggling to make his way in the world, despite his illegitimate status. \u003cbr\u003eJoanna Trollope tells a touching tale about the offer of a marriage proposal in the form of a letter from the sitter's intended bride. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy contrast, the fantasy writer Terry Pratchett has written an amusing tale about an explorer who presented Elizabeth I with a skunk. And John Banville has seen, in the features of a man on his deathbed, the face of an admired officer serving with Cromwell's New Model Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese short, fictional narratives build brilliantly on what can be seen in each portrait, thereby providing a new and entertaining way of looking at these intriguing images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Portrait Gallery Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032801493232,"sku":"9781855144552","price":12.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781855144552_p0.jpg?v=1763598091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781855144552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}