IN THE FRAME
Is this a secret too dangerous to ever see the light of the day ?
DEBUT NOVEL
BY LORRAINE AMRANI
1940, Nazi Occupied France: As The Third Reich continue with their invasion across Europe, Adolf Hitler’s right-hand-man, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering is utterly consumed with his own personal ambitions. As the feared head of the Luftwaffe steamrolls into Paris; his life long quest was now to become a reality – but on that day in 1940, little did he know that he was on course to alter history, in more ways than one. 1945, Germany: With the Nazi’s defeated, Special Officer Max Page-Hamilton finds himself in the bombed-out ruins of Goering’s home, he had no premonition of what was about to occur, and how in the future it would come to affect his only grandchild, Francine.
2017, New York: Dr Francine Page-Hamilton is recently married to art dealer Adam Faris, and is at the pinnacle of her career. Having landed her dream job as fine arts curator at Christie’s auction house New York, everything seems idyllic, but it was all about to change.
Her father, Sir Howard, has decided to reveal the final part of her inheritance from her long deceased and beloved grandfather, one of the Monuments Men from World War Two, as she comes to learn that when he was in Germany he had discovered a five-century-old secret that was so profound he had chosen to hide it away for fear of his life and that of his family’s life should it ever be revealed.
In Possession of a ‘gift like no other’ Francine is forced to make the choice her grandfather Max couldn’t. It is now a very different world to that of 1945.
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About LORRAINE
Born and raised in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the heart of London’s industrial revolution and home to Tudor Kings and Queens, and was fortunate enough to have had many opportunities to develop and extend her range of interests, inspired by her historical surroundings.
Lorraine spent time working in the Palace of Westminster for a prominent cabinet minister. Through her time at the Houses of Parliament, she quickly appreciated the machinations of life within the high stakes ‘corridors of power’ and decided that it was not for her.
Following this, Lorraine trained as a nutritionist for a short-lived career in this field. All the while, Lorraine’s growing passion with art and creativity continued to grow.
She then spent three years studying the History of Art in Greenwich, whilst actively pursuing her career as an artist, first with drawings, but quickly embracing Oil Painting as her preferred medium.
Since then, her artwork has been fortunate enough to be featured in many exhibitions, publications and prominent offices, and in 1995 was honoured to receive a commission to paint the portrait of Wilhelm Roentgen, the inventor of x-ray to celebrate its hundredth-year anniversary.
Lorraine continued to broaden her creative passions. She found herself in the London studio of candle-maker to His Royal Highness Prince Charles to learn the age-old artisan craft of traditional candle-making, and soon came to understand that producing candles were not for the faint-hearted, due to the unpredictable nature of the molecules when trying to create a distinctive perfume. But finally, a successful brand emerged.
More recently, Lorraine has taken advantage of Britain’s world class museums, galleries and exhibitions to indulge her imagination as she examined in forensic detail the lives of the world’s most celebrated artists. It was this, that sparked a creative ambition that persisted until finally sitting down to write her first work of fiction, an art thriller. In The Frame was the result. When Lorraine is not working on new creative ventures, she has started to research and collect artefacts from the ancient world.
