Sacre bleu

It's a mash note for the Impressionists. A long form love letter to Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet, Seurat and more with cameos from Oscar Wilde and Whistler's Mother.

And while Moore states he could “pretty much find out what each of the Impressionists had for breakfast on any given day”, it's still a Moore book with an emphasis on the Fiction in Historical Fiction. Still, I want the 19th century Paris he writes about to be true. These artists chumming around with their outsized personalities and passion for the paint.

Lamb still holds the top spot as far as Moore goes, but if you pick this up, do yourself a favor and follow along with the online chapter guide where Moore provides a ton of additional paintings.