As Above, So Below
by Rudy Rucker | 
Prince of Foxes
by Samuel Shellabarger | 
Hiding from the Light
by Barbara Erskine | 
The Golden Age
by Gore Vidal | 
Credo
by Melvyn Bragg | 
A Search for the King
by Gore Vidal | 
The Muse
by Jessie Burton | 
Depths of Glory
by Irving Stone | 
The Foxes of Harrow
by Frank Yerby | 
The Blind Contessa's New Machine
by Carey Wallace | 
The Passion of Artemisia
by Susan Vreeland | 
Hollywood
by Gore Vidal | 
Ingenious Pain
by Andrew Miller | 
Corridor of Storms
by William Sarabande | 
Northwest Passage
by Kenneth Roberts | 
A Piece of the World
by Christina Baker Kline | 
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
by Dominic Smith | 
Clara and Mr. Tiffany
by Susan Vreeland |
Feast Your Eyes
by Myla Goldberg |
The Painted Girls
by Cathy Marie Buchanan |
An international best-seller, Artemisia is based on the passionate story of one of the Western world's first significant female artists. Born to the artist Orazio Gentileschi at the beginning of the 1600s, when artists were the celebrities of the day, Artemisia was apprenticed to her father at an early age, showing such remarkable talent that he viewed her as the most precious thing in his life. But at the age of seventeen Artemisia was raped by her father's best friend and partner. The Gentileschi name was dragged through scandal, for Artemisia refused, even when tortured, to deny it happened. Indeed, she went further: she dared to plead her case in court. All of Rome was riveted by the trial. Artemisia won the case, but lost the love of her father and of all of Rome. Artemisia sought revenge through her art, portraying women liberating their fellow citizens from tyrants. Her stunning works took Rome by storm, overturning the prejudices of her time and winning the admiration of patrons, courtesans, and monarchs. Lapierre brings the historical Artemisia Gentileschi to vivid life, capturing the sights, sounds, and smells of Baroque Italy as well as the life of this remarkable woman.