Artemisia

Alexandra Lapierre

Translated by Liz Heron first published 1998 Vintage, 2001 paperback 528 pages

"Born to the artist Orazio Gentileschi at the beginning of the 1600s, when artists were the celebrities of the day, Artemisia was apprenticed to her father at an early age. She showed such remarkable talent that he came to view her as the most precious thing he owned. But at the age of seventeen Artemisia was raped by her father's best friend and partner, Agostino Tassi. Soon the Gentileschi name was being dragged th...

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Artemisia paperback · 2001 · Vintage · 528 pages · 9780099289395
Artemisia hardcover · 2000 · Chatto & Windus · 526 pages
Artemisia edition · 2000 · Grove Press · 427 pages
Artemisia edition · 1999 · Mondadori
Artemisia edition · 1998 · R. Laffont · 526 pages

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