A virgin on the rocks

by Michael Butterworth

Paris 1933. Aspiring novelist Bernard Fosdyke arrives from Berlin having blown his inheritance in the German capital. Almost immediately, he is caught up in a wild and daring plan devised by his rescuer, master art-forger Harold Hiram Levy. A criminal scheme to be sure; but Bernard is willing to do anything for the fortune Levy promises.

With the unwitting assistance of Ernest Hemingway and other artistic heroes of the 30's, Levy and Fosdyke put into motion their audacious plan: Exchange one of the Louvre's da Vinci masterpieces for a Hal Levy copy of same.

190 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

aka Sarah Kemp, Carola Salisbury, and Janette Seymour

Mike Butterworth (Michael Butterworth) was a British comic book writer, best known for his comic strip The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire in the British weeklies Ranger and Look and Learn. He is not related to the novelist Michael Butterworth, author of the Hawklords series and the Space: 1999 novelizations.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Humorous but dull. Difficult to follow the story at times as the writing is a bit choppy.

[Delores Alger · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't finish