Art is a Tyrant
- 484 pages
- 17 hours of reading
A new biography of the wildly unconventional 19th-century animal painter and gender equality pioneer Rosa Bonheur
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Catherine Hewitt brings the past to life by focusing on 19th-century French art, literature, and social history. Her meticulous research uncovers the stories of real people, which she recounts with intimate detail to allow readers to share their triumphs and frustrations. Hewitt's writing aims to lift history from academic archives and make its characters and events resonate with contemporary audiences. She generously shares her passion for French history and culture through lectures and workshops.
- 2020
- 2017
From the author of The Mistress of Paris, a lavish biography of a remarkable 19th-century woman.
- 2015
'Through incisive enquiry and astute observation, Catherine Hewitt traces the courtesan's flight from squalor to splendour, her prose sparkling in the light of her luminous subject.' The Biographer's Club prize A brilliant biography in the vein of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning The Pike§§Full of the colour and verve of 19th-century Paris§§Already the recipient of a Biographer's Club Prize and a Society of Authors grant