Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know

Seventeen-year-old Khayyam Maquet is in Paris with her parents during August. American, French, Indian, and Muslim, she is at a crossroads while pursuing her interest in art history. In the city, Khayyam joins Alexandre Dumas’s sixth-great-grandson in searching for a missing painting by Delacroix. The artwork is rumored to have been given to Dumas, and the hunt links Khayyam’s Paris visit with art, literary history, and a question about the painting’s whereabouts.