An author always looks for an angle when writing fiction which Beaupr has done with this novel.
He came up with revenants or ghosts for all of his characters as a way of weaving the story together without making it a documentary of Rosa Bonheur's life and paintings of animals.
The author has conjured the likes of a Mozart, a Cervantes and Sir Walter Scott while including other creative artists that influenced Rosa Bonheur.
He has also incorporated the descriptions of the Bonheur paintings by.