SCENE THROUGH A WINDOW
A Historical Romance
Travel through the centuries to watch a timeless love unfold around a timeless masterpiece: the fabled cathedral of Chartres, France. In 1194, an unthinkable disaster struck that sacred site. In one June night, a firestorm devastated the cathedral, its artwork, and parts of its surrounding town.
Immediately, the finest artists converged on Chartres to plan a new and innovative structure, built to endure and to surpass all that went before. Inevitably, these plans led to plots and rivalry, threatening the realization of a daring and demanding dream.
Against this backdrop, two lovers struggle to conceive the new cathedral's stained glass windows, still regarded as marvels today. This quest centers on discovering new gem-like colors: unique, precious, and incomparable. The pair, under increasing pressure, embarks on an intense search for the mysterious but elusive answers
Deftly weaving fact with fiction, Marcy Heidish sets an inspirational love story against a thoroughly researched Medieval backdrop. With her proven attention to detail, Heidish transports us to the winding streets of Chartres: its sounds and smells, its interiors and intrigues. Suspenseful, engrossing, and imaginative, Scene Through A Window creates a magical space where the impossible can happen.
Praise For Scene Through A Window:
A Historical Romance
Travel through the centuries to watch a timeless love unfold around a timeless masterpiece: the fabled cathedral of Chartres, France. In 1194, an unthinkable disaster struck that sacred site. In one June night, a firestorm devastated the cathedral, its artwork, and parts of its surrounding town.
Immediately, the finest artists converged on Chartres to plan a new and innovative structure, built to endure and to surpass all that went before. Inevitably, these plans led to plots and rivalry, threatening the realization of a daring and demanding dream.
Against this backdrop, two lovers struggle to conceive the new cathedral's stained glass windows, still regarded as marvels today. This quest centers on discovering new gem-like colors: unique, precious, and incomparable. The pair, under increasing pressure, embarks on an intense search for the mysterious but elusive answers
Deftly weaving fact with fiction, Marcy Heidish sets an inspirational love story against a thoroughly researched Medieval backdrop. With her proven attention to detail, Heidish transports us to the winding streets of Chartres: its sounds and smells, its interiors and intrigues. Suspenseful, engrossing, and imaginative, Scene Through A Window creates a magical space where the impossible can happen.
Praise For Scene Through A Window:
- Tencha Avila, Prize-winning playwright, Amazon.com Book Review: Riveting Love Story at Chartres. It's a triumph! The story and characters are compelling, the pulse is riveting and the love scenes are hotter than "Fifty Shades of Grey."
- Eve Dubrow, Amazon.com Book Review: Beautifully crafted, quick moving, lovely read. This medieval tale is, ultimately, a story of light. Along with the Cathedral (one of the main characters) seeking to rise again from smoldering ruins, a strong female protagonist and her cool (but actually very hot) "dark friend" seek to rise through their own challenges as they search for the perfect blue and together work to create the most beautiful windows the world has seen. All the essentials are here: murder (attempted), sudden death, lost (and found) love, money, large feasts in great halls, power and control, a scary little monk, jealousy, slander, and a bit of mayhem thrown in to render us thankful that all these human elements survived through the years to take their rightful place in Ms. Heidish's wonderful tale. Full of rich sensory detail, including spicy scents, tasty patisserie, brooding weather, and a spectrum of pigment, all interwoven with historical fact. If you haven't been to Chartres, this book will take you there. If you have, you will return as you read.
- Carol Huffman, Amazon.com Book Review: This is a gentle tale of medieval lovers at an important turning point - the reconstruction of Chartres. The characters are winning and their love strong. I loved reading about the design of the windows and the glass- and color-making procedures in this book.
- Monica Maxon, Amazon.com Book Review: Loved this book; a great read, beautifully written.
- F. Peter Dolan, Amazon.com Book Review: SCENE THROUGH A WINDOW is a very special novel to me, the publisher, and I am delighted to share it. A love story of star-crossed soulmates, woven with historical fiction, it became an unexpected adventure. While the novel's lovers struggled to find each other and create great art, I was caught up in the characters themselves and in their quest, structured as a mystery. I was equally drawn to their medieval surroundings.
Literally born from the ashes of a dramatic fire, Chartres Cathedral, that magical and magnetic locale, has always thrilled me (and millions of others). Here the author has focused on the making of a marvel and its behind-the-scenes beginnings.
Following in the tradition of those great models, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE and GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, I am honored to present this story of art-as-love and love-as-art in the unforgettable setting of Chartres.