In Hewitt's third commanding biography of an overlooked French woman...she recounts with enriching detail and narrative drive Bonheur's absolute dedication to her work and independence, vividly establishing the tumultuous social…
Late-19th-century France was brimful of celebrated artists, but Rosa Bonheur, one of the most fêted, is largely overlooked today... Art Is A Tyrant recounts her life with no little brio.
...diligently researched, beautifully produced and insistently sympathetic...
Enthralling...written every bit as compellingly as the best of novels.