# The Devil’s Paintbrush

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- Book: [The Devil’s Paintbrush](https://www.bookquiver.com/jake-arnott/the-devils-paintbrush) ([The Devil’s Paintbrush.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jake-arnott/the-devils-paintbrush.md))
- Authors: [Jake Arnott](https://www.bookquiver.com/jake-arnott)
- Publisher: sceptre
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4894-505-0
- Published: 2010-02-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'A consummate performance... virtuoso' Guardian A fascinating, unusual and seductive historical novel by the bestselling author of The Long Firm. In a Parisian restaurant, Aleister Crowley, the notorious occultist, chances on Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald: once one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, now facing ruin in a shocking scandal - and vulnerable to Crowley's curious offer of help. An extraordinary night of transgression and revelation ensues . . . Probing beneath the surface of Victorian conformity, this is an enthralling tale of imperialism, sexuality and the nature of belief, which captures a world on the brink of a brutal new era.