Adélaïde

Painter of the Revolution

“Adélaïde will capture your heart until you turn the last page and beyond.”
Laura L. Engel

author of You’ll Forget This Ever Happened – Secrets, Shame, and Adoption in the 1960s

“Enthralling and beautifully written … a novel readers will not be able to put down.”
Laura C. Rader

award-winning author of Hatfield 1677

“Using brushstrokes as vivid as Adélaïde’s own, Strube illuminates the journey of a woman determined to make use of her talents and live on her own terms. A tale you won’t soon forget!”
Alyssa Palombo

author of The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence

“Highly recommended. A stunning read that I couldn’t put down.”
Jill G. Hall

author of On a Sundown Sea: A Novel of Madame Tingley and the Origins of Lomaland

In a world where women are seen but rarely heard, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced.

The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, Adélaïde dreams not of marriage or titles but of earning a place among the masters of French art. With Queen Marie Antoinette on the throne and a spirit of change in the air, anything seems possible. But as revolution brews and powerful forces conspire to deny her success, Adélaïde faces an impossible choice: protect her life—or fight for a legacy that will outlast her.

Inspired by the true story of one of the first women admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution is a sweeping, evocative portrait of ambition, courage, and resilience in the face of history’s fiercest storm.

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