The Escapist Artist

"WHY DO YOU PAINT EYES ON PLATES?"

The Enduring Charm of the Spanish Infantas

THE EVERLASTING WHY

BE YOUR LIFE'S HEROINE

Old Souls and Modern Art

My Grandmother the Queen and the Case of the Stolen Schumann China

High-Victorian Sentimentality, Liszt's Cigar, and Indomitable Mothers

Princesses, Lovers, Saints, and Les Galeries des Dames

Castiglione, Sprezzatura, and the Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi

The Great Harold Bloom & the Best Piece of Advice I'm Pretty Sure I Received

King Charles, a Secret Seaside Love Affair, and Staffordshire Spaniels

The Wooing of King George IV & the Origin of Lover's Eye Jewelry

Miniature Portraits, La Princesse de Clèves, and the Rise & Fall of the Novel