Adriana Hunter
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When the secret letters of a young maiden that detail the King's abuse of wealth and power are intercepted, she is immediately brought to Court to receive her punishment. But when the King lays eyes on the young girl, he decides a fate far different than those before her. With his offer, she can repent for her sins against him and demonstrate her true loyalty to the King with not her life, but her body.
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"From the acclaimed biographer and author of Monsieur Proust's Library, an engaging new work on the life of "the father of Impressionism" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity. The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's...