02554cam a2200337 i 4500 1182595970 TxAuBib 20230419120000.0 220803s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022036555 9781567927405 hardback 1567927408 hardback (OCoLC)1340411576 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF BDX YDX APL TxAuBib rda Franklin, Emily, author Lioness of Boston. The lioness of Boston : a novel / Emily Franklin. Boston : Godine, 2023. xiii, 376 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A deeply evocative portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an inimitable legacy in American art and transformed the city of Boston itself. By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d'art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston's polite society. But when Isabella first arrives in Boston in 1861, she is twenty years old, newly married to a wealthy trader, and unsure of herself. Puzzled by the frosty reception she receives from stuffy bluebloods, she strives to fit in. After two devastating tragedies and rejection from upper-society, Isabella discovers her spirit and casts off expectations. Freed by travel, Isabella explores the world of art, ideas, and letters, meeting such kindred spirits as Henry James and Oscar Wilde. From London and Paris to Egypt and Asia, she develops a keen eye for paintings and objects, and meets feminists ready to transform nineteenth century thinking in the twentieth century. Isabella becomes an eccentric trailblazer, painted by John Singer Sargent in a portrait of daring decolletage, and fond of such stunts as walking a pair of lions in the Boston Public Garden. The Lioness of Boston is a portrait of what society expected a woman's life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and determined to live on her own terms"-- Provided by publisher. 20230419. Gardner, Isabella Stewart 1840-1924 Fiction. Art Collectors and collecting Fiction. Fiction. Boston (Mass) Fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. Historical fiction.