Madame Matisse

Sophie Haydock

This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores. Amélie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free spirit, she sees in this budding young artist a glorious future for them both. Ambitious and driven, she gives everything for her husband's art, ploughing her own desires, her time, her money into sustaining them both, even through years of struggle and disappointment. Lydia Delectorskaya is a young Russian emigree, who fled her homeland following the death of her mother. After a fractured childhood, she is trying to make a place for herself on France's golden Riviera, amid the artists, film stars and dazzling elite.

Author(s): Haydock, Sophie
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 30/04/2026
Pagination: 339 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Books
Published By: Penguin Books
Book Classification: Historical fiction|c 1930 to c 1939|Narrative theme: Sense of place|Narrative theme: Sense of place|Biographical fiction|Family life fiction
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 23
Weight: 252
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781804994375