An historical novel based on the life of the 17th-Century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who defied her rape and torture through masterful paintings. “The works shall speak for themselves.” So wrote Artemisia Gentileschi in 1649, in a letter to a patron acknowledging her rare position in the art world at that time: a painter, and
Angela Burdett-Coutts was a wealthy woman who used her money, class and prestige to make a tangible difference for those less fortunate. She would become one of the most outspoken and dedicated philanthropists of her day. Throwing herself into the causes she valued the most, her charity work became renowned, earning her recognition from none
No longer one of the spoils of war, Catherine, Queen of England and France, resolves to fight for her new life – on her own terms Catherine of Valois, daughter of the defeated king of France, looks down from the battlements as her future rides to greet her. As one of the spoils of war,
King Henry II, exhausted from everlasting conflict with France and the bad habit of his sons rebelling against their father finds love, solace, and passion after falling for the youthful beauty of Alys and makes her his mistress. Alys’ father, King Louis VII of France was a man in desperate need of an heir. Alys
