With Violets

Paris in the 1860s: a magnificent time of expression, where brilliant young artists rebel against the stodginess of the past to freely explore new styles of creating--and bold new ways of living.

Passionate, beautiful, and utterly devoted to her art, Berthe Morisot is determined to be recognized as an important painter. But as a woman, she finds herself sometimes overlooked in favor of her male counterparts--Monet, Pissarro, Degas.

And there is one great artist among them who captivates young Berthe like none other: the celebrated genius douard Manet. A mesmerizing, breathtaking rogue--a shameless rou , undeterred and irresistible--his life is a wildly overgrown garden of scandal. He becomes Berthe's mentor, her teacher...her lover, despite his curiously devoted marriage to his frumpy, unappealing wife, Suzanne, and his many rumored dalliances with his own models. For a headstrong young woman from a respectable family, an affair with such an intoxicating scoundrel can only spell heartbreak and ruin.

But Berthe refuses to resign herself to the life of quiet submission that Society has dictated for her. Undiscouraged, she will create her own destiny...and confront life--and love--on her own terms.

Author: Elizabeth Robards
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 10/21/2008
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.36w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780061579127

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2008 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2008 pg. 60
Romantic Times 12/01/2008 pg. 51 - Excellent

About the Author
Robards, Elizabeth: -

Award-winning author Elizabeth Robards formerly lived in France and has studied art and writing. She earned a degree in journalism only to realize reporting just the facts bored her silly. Much more content to report to her muse, Elizabeth has found Nirvana doing what she loves most--writing contemporary and historical women's fiction full time. She loves to travel--and when she can't, her imagination transports her all over the world.