{"product_id":"the-bruegel-boy","title":"The Bruegel Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eONE OF THE TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION NOVELS OF 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\nthe summer of 1566 an inferno\nof political rebellion and image-smashing, the \u003ci\u003eBeeldenstorm\u003c\/i\u003e, swept\nacross Flanders and Holland; young Gillis Vervloet,\nmodel and muse to artist Pieter Bruegel, almost didn't survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore\nthan sixty years later, in the Saarland forest, Gil wants only to enter the\nmonastery of St Bartolomeus and\nlive out his days in peace, but first he must find their long-lost statue of St\nMichael. And to prove he is not a heretic, Gil must also account for his life\nwith Bruegel, who painted a tense path through the artistic riches,\nintellectual ferment and explosive religious politics of the Low Countries. As\nhe writes of his passionate vocation for the priesthood and impossible love for\nDorothea, his outlaw brother Roeland and radical priest-mentor Pater Paulus,\nGil's hard-won understanding must show him where to seek St Michael, and save\nhim from the Inquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\nBruegel Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound exploration of love,\nbrotherhood, vocation and the power of art to transform lives but also divide\nand even destroy them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 420 pages | Published November 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holland House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956501201245,"sku":"9781739104771","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781739104771.jpg?v=1774263018","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-bruegel-boy","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}