{"product_id":"the-painter-of-souls","title":"The Painter of Souls","description":"Beauty can be a gift...or a wicked temptation...\n\nSo it is for Filippo Lippi, growing up in Renaissance Florence. He has a talent - not only can he see the beauty in everything, he can capture it, paint it. But while beauty can seduce you, and art can transport you - it cannot always feed you or protect you.\n\nTo survive, Pippo Lippi, orphan, street urchin, budding rogue, must first become Fra Filippo Lippi: Carmelite friar, man of God. His life will take him down two paths at once. He will become a gambler, a forger, a seducer of nuns; and at the same time he will be the greatest painter of his time, the teacher of Botticelli and the confidante of the Medicis.\n\nSo who is he really - lover, believer, father, teacher, artist? Which man? Which life? Is anything true except the paintings?\n\nAn extraordinary journey of passion, art and intrigue, The Painter of Souls takes us to a time and place in Italy's history where desire reigns and salvation is found in the strangest of places.","brand":"Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594336055381,"sku":"9781409129967N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/feac0d15-6359-45a1-b9cc-bf2acdd5c69a.jpg?v=1682354265","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-painter-of-souls","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}