Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
A fictional account of the life of the painter, Artemisia Gentileschi from Rome, Naples, Florence and London, unflinchingly examining the notorious trial of 1612 arising from Agostino Tassi’s assault on her, to the creation of her immortal 1639 self-portrait, the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura). A story of judgement, secrecy, rage, and the dangerous allure of redress - ultimately a human story through which a thread of murder runs. Because......some masterpieces are born in darkness...