Most Popular Books by Lynn Cullen

From the author of The Creation of Eve, “an intoxicating tale of love, betrayal and redemption,”* comes a novel of passion and madness, royal intrigue and marital betrayal, set during the Golden Age of Spain. Juana of Castile, third child of the Spanish monarchs Isabel and Fernando, grows up with no hope of inheriting her parents’ crowns, but as a princess knows her duty: to further her family’s ambitions through marriage. When she weds the Duke of Burgundy, a young man so beautiful that he is known as Philippe the Handsome, she dares to hope that she might have both love and crowns. He is caring, charming, and attracted to her—seemingly a perfect husband. But when Queen Isabel dies, the crowns of Spain unexpectedly pass down to Juana, leaving her husband and her father hungering for the throne. Rumors fly that the young Queen has gone mad, driven insane by possessiveness. Locked away in a palace and unseen by her people for the next forty-six years, Juana of Castile begins one of the most controversial reigns in Spanish history, one that earned her the title of Juana the Mad. *The Washington Post A Best of the South 2011 selection by Atlanta Journal Constitution

Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife.

In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia''s life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father''s love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.

Based on the true story behind Gilbert Stuart''s famous portraits of Washington, this funny historical read will leave rascals, ruffians, and troublemakers of all ages laughing. Charlotte, James, and baby John have promised to be on their very best behavior for when George Washington comes to have his portrait painted by their father, Gilbert Stuart. But, it seems like every time George Washington comes to visit, Charlotte has to write another apology letter, even when they try to follow George Washington’s Rules of Good Behavior. If these whippersnappers want any dessert, they are going to have to learn some manners—and fast! What results is a hilarious chain of events, a giant mess…and a painting that will be remembered for centuries to come.

"Enormously satisfying...I''m grateful to Cullen for the pleasures of such a splendid read." -Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants. In 1559, a young woman painter flees a scandal involving one of Michelangelo''s students, and is taken to the Spanish court, where she becomes the young queen''s confidante and lady-in-waiting. Through her keenly trained eye, readers watch a love triangle unfold involving the queen, the king, and his half brother-a dangerous gamble that risks the lives of the queen and all those who keep her secrets.

Biografisk roman. A fictionalized imagining of the personal life of Mark Twain. In March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair. Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twain''s life to a woman he was determined to destroy?

Regina''s plan to play a practical joke on Kate, the new girl who seems to be coming in between Regina''s friendship with Margaret, backfires in an unexpected way.

"Huge applause... women have always been in science—despite those who would pretend otherwise.” --Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry She gave up everything — and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world’s best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god. But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just wants the world to have a cure. Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor –often the only woman in the room--she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood. This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine—and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.

From the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and Twain’s End comes a “poignant, beautifully rendered story of two sisters who find the courage to reclaim their bond after years of misunderstandings and heartbreak” (Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author) during the Great Depression. 1934. Ruth has been single-handedly raising four young daughters and running her family’s Indiana farm for eight long years, ever since her husband, John, was infected by the infamous “sleeping sickness” devastating families across the country. If only she could trade places with her older sister, June: blonde and beautiful, married to a wealthy doctor, living in a mansion in St. Paul. And June has a coveted job, too, as one of “the Bettys,” the perky recipe developers who populate the famous Betty Crocker test kitchen. But these gilded trappings hide sorrows: she has borne no children. And the man she loves more than anything belongs to Ruth. When the two sisters reluctantly reunite after a long estrangement, June’s bitterness about her sister’s betrayal sets into motion a confrontation that’s been years in the making. And their mother, Dorothy, who’s brought the two of them together, has her own dark secrets, which might blow up the fragile peace she hopes to restore between her daughters. An emotional journey of redemption, inner strength, and the ties that bind families together, for better or worse, The Sisters of Summit Avenue is a moving and heartfelt tribute to mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere.

Between his summer baby-sitting job, his anxieties about talking to girls, and his increasing sense that his family is, well, embarrassing, twelve-year-old Harris is having a stressful summer.

Sebastien relates the life of Marie Antoinette as she goes from being a teenager devoted to him, her pug dog, to becoming the Queen of France and mother to two children.

Taking care of two orphaned baby squirrels helps Kenny forget how bad he feels about blaming a shy sixth-grade classmate for his own "stink bomb," but his mother refuses to allow him or his brothers to bring home any more animals.

Seventh-grader Nora''s happiness at being accepted into the cool crowd at school turns to discomfort when Dawn tries to match her up with Mark the make-out king.

Based on a Welsh legend about Prince Llywelyn and his loyal dog Gelert, who is wrongly banished when the prince believes that the dog has attacked his son.

Regina''s plan is to win the talent show, but it is not as easy as she thinks.

In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia''s life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father''s love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a weathy suitor.

In the Indiana wilderness in 1821, twelve-year-old Nelly Vandorn and her older brother hold fast to their rough frontier ways when their father brings home a fancy new city wife not long after burying their mother.

»Ich bin beeindruckt von dieser Wissenschaftlerin, die viel zu lange übersehen worden ist - ein kluge, mutige und großherzige Frau.« Andrea Sawatzki Vanderbilt-Hospital, Nashville 1940: Dr. Dorothy Millicent Horstmann fällt auf unter den Ärzten der Klinik. Sie ist 1,85 m groß. Und sie ist eine Frau – meistens die einzige im Raum. Dorothy stammt aus kleinen Verhältnissen, doch sie hat Großes vor: Sie will die Kinderlähmung bezwingen, die so viel Leid im ganzen Land verursacht. Zu viele Patienten hat sie als junge Kinderärztin in der »eisernen Lunge« um Luft ringen sehen. Dorothy kennt nur ein Ziel: das Virus auszulöschen, durch Heilung oder einen Impfstoff. Die berühmten Forscher in ihrem Umfeld zweifeln an ihrer These zur Ausbreitung des Virus im Körper, aber sie wird ihnen beweisen, dass sie recht hat – um jeden Preis. Im Rennen gegen die Zeit wird sie zur Pionierin, die ihr privates Glück und ihr eigenes Leben aufs Spiel setzt. »Ohne Dr. Dorothy Horstmann hätte es nie einen Impfstoff gegeben. Einen großen Applaus für dieses Buch, das Dorothys brillante Arbeit in den Vordergrund rückt – und uns an Frauen in der Wissenschaft erinnert.« Bonnie Garmus, Autorin des Bestsellers »Eine Frage der Chemie«

In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia''s life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father''s love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a weathy suitor.

Um escritor e seus demônios, uma mulher e seus desejos, uma esposa e sua vingança. 1845: O Corvo, de Edgar Allan Poe, alcança os padrões de perfeição literária e está no auge da moda – sucesso com o qual uma poetisa esforçada como Frances Osgood só pode sonhar. Apesar de não ser grande fã dos escritos de Poe, ela vê com entusiasmo a chance de conhecê-lo e, em um sarau literário, fica atraída por sua magnética presença – e pela surpreendente revelação de que ele admira o seu trabalho. Flerte e sedução culminam em um romance proibido. Mas quando a frágil mulher de Edgar insiste em se tornar amiga de Frances, o relacionamento se torna tão ambíguo e tortuoso quanto um dos contos de Poe. Inspirado na vida e na escrita de Poe e Osgood, e baseado em autênticos detalhes históricos, Sra. Poe é uma história de tragédia e perda envolta em uma aura de paixão e vitalidade.

Sofonisba Anguissola es hija de un librero de Cremona. Después de unos años como aprendiza del maestro pintor Miguel Ángel, y tras un escándalo en su taller, Sofonisba abandona Italia y se traslada a la corte de Felipe II como dama de honor de la nueva y joven reina, Isabel de Valois. La tercera esposa del monarca todavía es una niña, y la joven pintora se acerca a ella hasta convertirse en su amiga y confidente. Sofonisba narrará sus vivencias en un diario personal, dedicado a su querida hermana Lucía, y también describirá los sufrimientos de la joven reina. Así, nos abre las puertas de la corte y nos adentra en la intimidad de unos personajes fascinantes. Y a medida que entabla una sólida amistad con la reina, se irá enredando en un triángulo amoroso entre ésta, el rey y el hermano bastardo del mismo, don Juan.

In the Indiana wilderness in 1821, twelve-year-old Nelly Vandorn and her older brother hold fast to their rough frontier ways when their father brings home a fancy new city wife not long after burying their mother.

Young Arthur Ashe works as hard as he can to become a great tennis player.

This ministry project was designed to redevelop the course known as Women Counseling Women for the students enrolled in The Master of Arts Program at The Master’s University in Santa Clarita, California. Chapter 1 outlines the ministry context at The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, California, the project’s rationale, purpose, goals, and research methodology. Chapter 2 examines biblical and theological rationale for women counseling women as a biblical model. Chapter 3 reviews the theoretical and practical issues related to women counseling women by comparing and contrasting an integrative counseling approach, a secular counseling approach, and a biblical counseling approach. Chapter 4 reviews the specific elements of the project, which consisted mainly of a ten-week curriculum equipping women who counsel women on specific topics. Chapter 5 analyzes the project, specifically data collected from the students on ten lectures; the data collected from the students in the course both pre- and post-surveys.

Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife.