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Title:
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre (MP3)
Written by:
Dominic Smith 
Read by:
Stephen Hoye 
Format:
Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 
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Duration:
10 hours 18 minutes 
MP3 size:
447 MB 
Published:
January 28 2019 
Available Date:
January 28 2019 
Age Category:
Adult 
ISBN:
9781489482952 
Genres:
Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction 
Publisher:
Bolinda audio 
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An atmospheric and brilliant novel of Paris, love, madness and photography by the bestselling writer of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith.

When the vision came, he was in the bathtub. So begins the madness of Louis Daguerre. In 1847, after a decade of using poisonous mercury vapours to cure his daguerreotype images, his mind is plagued by delusions. Believing the world will end in a year, Daguerre creates his 'Doomsday List': ten items he must photograph before the final day. The list includes a portrait of Isobel Le Fournier, a woman he has always loved but not spoken to in half a century. In this luminous novel, Dominic Smith reinvents the life of one of photography's founding fathers. Louis Daguerre's story is set against the backdrop of a Paris prone to bohemian excess and social unrest. It is here, amid this strange and beguiling setting, that Louis Daguerre sets off to capture his doomsday subjects. Louis enlists the help of the womanising poet Charles Baudelaire, and a jaded and beautiful prostitute named Pigeon. Together they scour the Paris underworld for images worthy of Daguerre's list. But Louis is also confronted by a chance to reunite with the only woman he's ever loved. Half a lifetime ago, Isobel Le Fournier kissed Louis Daguerre in a wine cave outside of Orleans. The result was a proposal, a rejection and a misunderstanding that outlasted three kings and an emperor. Now, in the countdown to his apocalypse, Louis wants to understand why he has carried the memory of that kiss for so long.

'... beautifully written ... A compelling psychological study, a thoughtful tracing of the birth of a new art form and an atmospheric portrait of 19th-century France: impressive on all three counts.'
Kirkus Reviews

'Smith renders a clear-eyed portrait of Daguerre and his thinking, against a backdrop of tumultuous times.'
Publishers Weekly

'... a captivating story haunted by regret. Smith’s style is both visual and elegant. The characters feel as though they’ve arisen from the unease of France of the period.'
Historical Novel Society