Painter to the King

A novel about Velazquez and his royal subject and benefactor, King Philip IV of Spain. Unfolding through a series of set-pieces and glancing sketch...

Reducere. "As compelling and entertaining as a detective novel" (The Economist), the incredible true story--part art history and part mystery--of a Velazquez...

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Reducere. Set in the sixteenth-century, The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola tells the story of a woman's passion for painting and adventure. In a world w...

Reducere. "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king..." Shakespeare was repeating what the ancient Greeks had pioneered--if you wan...

DescriptionIt is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's r...

DescriptionCan true love survive acts of manipulation?Gabriella King, a tall, lithe blonde is a talented painter and a fantastic tennis player. Gab...

Reducere. THE EDGAR AWARD-WINNING NOVELTHE FIRST KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY In Laurie R. King's Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community ...

Reducere. Heavy is the head that wears the crown...Lydia has taken over as the leader of the Crow Family and is trying to keep the criminality to the bare mi...

Reducere. Set in seventeenth-century England at the outbreak of Civil War, "The White Witch" brings to life the fields, forests, and homes of rural Oxfordshi...

DescriptionAn authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consum...

Reducere. Pearl loves to dance But will she love preschool, too? Pearl loves attending dance classes at her mother's ballet school. Even though Pearl is the ...

``Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.``--Carl Hiassen`` Moore's novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and ev...

Reducere. Published in 1719, it is the first book on ichthyology whose illustrations are in color. It is a commission dedicated by the publisher Louis Renard...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian returns to the sizzling, emotional world of the 100 Series with Play My Game, a contemporary romance ...

Reducere. For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a m...