The Cassatt Sisters: A Novel of Love and Art by Lisa Groen reveals to readers the inner life of painter Mary Cassatt during her rise to prominence as an American artist living in Paris in the latter part of the 19th century.

Sometimes the most interesting stories come from the humblest of places: home. In this post I review three novels in which the protagonist is a long-lost relative of the author.

In Behold the Bird in Flight: A Novel of an Abducted Queen, author Terri Lewis presents readers with gripping account of the life of Isabella d’Angoulême, a French noblewoman who rose to unusual rank and power in Europe in the thirteenth century.

Enjoy the intriguing history of making Champagne while reading Madame Pommery, a superb novel about Madame Jeanne Alexandrine Pommery, a woman from Reims, France who in 1848 wanted a certain taste in Champagne that no one had come up with yet. She did what any smart, determined woman would do: she created it.

Had it not been for Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law Jo van Gogh-Bonger, the world might never have heard of this renowned artist. Author Joan Fernandez tells Jo's story in her biographical novel, Saving Vincent.