Disobedient Av Elizabeth Fremantle

<p><i>''This is the ring that you gave me, and these are your promises.''</i><br><br>Rome 1611. A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on constant display. A city where women are seen but not heard.<br><br>Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.<br><br>As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens. A violent act that threatens Artemisia''s honour, and her virtue. <br><br>In the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.<br><br>But Artemisia is a survi