Also published as: Crusader's Tomb

Author: Archibald J. Cronin Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Contemporary, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780450013942 0450013944

The story of Stephen Desmonde, an English painter who struggles for recognition in a conventional world, sacrificing everything for his passion for art. The title is a reference to John Keats' 1818 poem, Endymion, which begins: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever…” Similar books: Wheels by Arthur Hailey A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy Doctor Criminale by Malcolm Bradbury The Shrimp and the Anemone by L. P. Hartley Memories of another day by Harold Robbins My Summer with George by Marilyn French Notable American Women by Ben Marcus The Hearts and Lives of Men by Fay Weldon Any Woman's Blues by Erica Jong Real People by Alison Lurie Laura Warholic by Alexander Theroux Villages by John Updike George Mills by Stanley Elkin The Tenants by Bernard Malamud Fishboy by Mark Richard The Judas Tree by Archibald J. Cronin Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde