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De Brug naar Rembrandt
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Argeloos stak Robert de brug over, op weg naar zijn geliefde. Toen hij bij haar aankwam, wist ze echter niet wie hij was.
Mysterieuze gebeurtenissen volgen elkaar op. Robert wordt terug in de tijd geworpen en beleeft de geschiedenis van Amsterdam door oorlog, rellen en de pest. Telkens is zijn lot verbonden met dezelfde vrouw en met het werk van Nederlands grootste schilder, Rembrandt.
Robert zit gevangen in een race tegen de klok. Zal hij zijn normale leven kunnen hervatten? Wil hij dat nog wel? Of zal hij — dankzij zijn ontdekking — in het verleden vastzitten, terwijl zijn insuline langzaam opraakt?
Reviews....
An entertaining yarn about time travel, infidelity, and art, executed with sure brush strokes.
Kirkus Reviews (kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nelson...)
he story gathers momentum towards the second half, propelling readers into Robert and Saskia's precarious adventures through time. Foley spices it all with little-known social, historical, and architectural tidbits about Amsterdam, a piquant introduction to the city for the uninitiated. Rembrandt is not as central to the narrative as the title suggests, but he plays a significant role in the climax. Lovers of romance, art, and European history will find much to enjoy here.
This Amsterdam time-travel novel takes an ambitious dive into love, history, and art.
Great for fans Jack Finney's Time and Again, Sylvie Matton's Rembrandt's Whore .
Publishers Weekly - Booklife
This works better than some time travelnovels. The hero does face some adversity, and he changes due to hisexperience. Satisfactorily, he also gets his hands on a historic treasure. It'swell written and well edited, and though we never fully understand how the timetravel mechanism works, it works.
Reedsy Discovery (Susie Helme)
Author Nelson K. Foley has produced a debut novel that is full of intriguing synchronicities and conundrums. The wo lead characters Robert and Saskia are easy to both like and dislike. I particularly enjoyed each of the periods Robert found himself in. It was clear the author had done his research well and had an intimate grasp of the locale, the environment, and people's attitudes in the periods he visited. The final meeting with the real Saskia, during the plague period, raised some questions, but overall, the puzzles and paradoxes of time travel were well handled. The overarching idea of meeting and conversing with the great master himself, Rembrandt, especially when he was a broken and destitute man, was inspirational and certainly added significantly to the enjoyment of the story. The author does grab readers' attention and drags you along in a dizzying journey back through Amsterdam's history. This is a good read and one that requires little effort. I could envisage people reading this story in one sitting, and I can recommend The Bridge to Rembrandt to anyone who fancies a tad of escapism.
Readers Favourite (K.C. Flinn)
Review
Time travel has been done many times and in many ways, but The Bridge to Rembrandt has a unique quality offering a plot, a romance, adventure, historical facts, and more. Nelson K. Foley has a unique style that brings Robert and Saskia and their travels back in time to life, making them seem like authentic people that would be interesting to meet. I am anxiously looking forward to reading more of his work. The Bridge to Rembrandt can be enjoyed by women and men, young and old. I believe that it would make a terrific movie as well as becoming a very successful book. I highly recommend that you put The Bridge to Rembrandt on the top of your reading you will not be disappointed.
Readers Favourite (Trudi LoPreto)
Argeloos stak Robert de brug over, op weg naar zijn geliefde. Toen hij bij haar aankwam, wist ze echter niet wie hij was.
Mysterieuze gebeurtenissen volgen elkaar op. Robert wordt terug in de tijd geworpen en beleeft de geschiedenis van Amsterdam door oorlog, rellen en de pest. Telkens is zijn lot verbonden met dezelfde vrouw en met het werk van Nederlands grootste schilder, Rembrandt.
Robert zit gevangen in een race tegen de klok. Zal hij zijn normale leven kunnen hervatten? Wil hij dat nog wel? Of zal hij — dankzij zijn ontdekking — in het verleden vastzitten, terwijl zijn insuline langzaam opraakt?
Reviews....
An entertaining yarn about time travel, infidelity, and art, executed with sure brush strokes.
Kirkus Reviews (kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nelson...)
he story gathers momentum towards the second half, propelling readers into Robert and Saskia's precarious adventures through time. Foley spices it all with little-known social, historical, and architectural tidbits about Amsterdam, a piquant introduction to the city for the uninitiated. Rembrandt is not as central to the narrative as the title suggests, but he plays a significant role in the climax. Lovers of romance, art, and European history will find much to enjoy here.
This Amsterdam time-travel novel takes an ambitious dive into love, history, and art.
Great for fans Jack Finney's Time and Again, Sylvie Matton's Rembrandt's Whore .
Publishers Weekly - Booklife
This works better than some time travelnovels. The hero does face some adversity, and he changes due to hisexperience. Satisfactorily, he also gets his hands on a historic treasure. It'swell written and well edited, and though we never fully understand how the timetravel mechanism works, it works.
Reedsy Discovery (Susie Helme)
Author Nelson K. Foley has produced a debut novel that is full of intriguing synchronicities and conundrums. The wo lead characters Robert and Saskia are easy to both like and dislike. I particularly enjoyed each of the periods Robert found himself in. It was clear the author had done his research well and had an intimate grasp of the locale, the environment, and people's attitudes in the periods he visited. The final meeting with the real Saskia, during the plague period, raised some questions, but overall, the puzzles and paradoxes of time travel were well handled. The overarching idea of meeting and conversing with the great master himself, Rembrandt, especially when he was a broken and destitute man, was inspirational and certainly added significantly to the enjoyment of the story. The author does grab readers' attention and drags you along in a dizzying journey back through Amsterdam's history. This is a good read and one that requires little effort. I could envisage people reading this story in one sitting, and I can recommend The Bridge to Rembrandt to anyone who fancies a tad of escapism.
Readers Favourite (K.C. Flinn)
Review
Time travel has been done many times and in many ways, but The Bridge to Rembrandt has a unique quality offering a plot, a romance, adventure, historical facts, and more. Nelson K. Foley has a unique style that brings Robert and Saskia and their travels back in time to life, making them seem like authentic people that would be interesting to meet. I am anxiously looking forward to reading more of his work. The Bridge to Rembrandt can be enjoyed by women and men, young and old. I believe that it would make a terrific movie as well as becoming a very successful book. I highly recommend that you put The Bridge to Rembrandt on the top of your reading you will not be disappointed.
Readers Favourite (Trudi LoPreto)
296 pages, Paperback
Published November 22, 2021
About the author
Nelson K. Foley
3 books1,990 followersNelson K. Foley is in fact my real name, but among family, friends and acquaintances I am better known as Keith Foley. I put that down to my mother (but I have no evidence) who got confused when calling out a name, since my father was also 'Nelson'. What is also interesting is that my name honours a family naval lineage that goes back several generations of 'Nelson' and 'Nelson Trafalgar'. It also sounds better as an author name!
For the lovers of literature, my family tree also includes Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) who was married to my great grandfather's sister. They were all close friends.
I am British by origin, with a background in scientific publishing, and a passion for culture, art and travel. I have lived in and near Amsterdam for more years than I can count. The intimacy of having lived in the city, crossed the bridges, and meandered along the canals was the foundation for the story in my first book, helped along with the support of many professional and amateur critics.
My new book, 'Death by Placebo' is very different from 'The Bridge to Rembrandt'. It is a medical thriller about a dictator who needs a liver transplant, but doesn't trust his doctors, or even his family. The intrigue also takes us to the island in the bay of Naples once owned by my great grandfather and where Arthur Conan Doyle was also a visitor.
For the lovers of literature, my family tree also includes Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) who was married to my great grandfather's sister. They were all close friends.
I am British by origin, with a background in scientific publishing, and a passion for culture, art and travel. I have lived in and near Amsterdam for more years than I can count. The intimacy of having lived in the city, crossed the bridges, and meandered along the canals was the foundation for the story in my first book, helped along with the support of many professional and amateur critics.
My new book, 'Death by Placebo' is very different from 'The Bridge to Rembrandt'. It is a medical thriller about a dictator who needs a liver transplant, but doesn't trust his doctors, or even his family. The intrigue also takes us to the island in the bay of Naples once owned by my great grandfather and where Arthur Conan Doyle was also a visitor.
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