“With a scholar’s commitment to accurate detail, and the heart
of a lover of beauty, Kathleen B. Jones’s engaging and
well-crafted parallel story is as colorful and lucid as the
illuminated manuscripts at the center of her novel.” —Laurel
Corona, author of The Mapmaker’s Daughter A deeply affecting dual
narrative separated by several centuries, Cities of Women examines
the lives of women who dare to challenge the social norms
of their days, risking their reputations and livelihoods for
the sake of their passions. In the twenty-first century, we meet
Verity Frazier, a disillusioned history professor who sets out to
prove that the artist responsible for the illuminated artwork in
Christine de Pizan’s medieval manuscripts was a remarkable woman
named Anastasia. As Anastasia’s story unfolds against the
exquisitely-rendered medieval backdrop of moral disaster, political
intrigue, and extraordinary creativity, Verity finds her career on
the brink of collapse by her efforts to uncover evidence of the
lost artist’s existence. Inspired by a decade of research, Jones
has woven together a luminous and incisive masterpiece of
historical fiction, evoking the spare joys and monumental pitfalls
facing medieval women artists and a contemporary woman who becomes
obsessed with medieval books.
General
| Imprint: |
Turner Publishing, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2024 |
| Authors: |
Kathleen B. Jones
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-68442-032-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-68442-032-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781684420322 |
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