The painting Allegory with Venus and Cupid has long fascinated visitors to London’s National Gallery, as well as the millions more who have seen it reproduced in books. It is one of the most beautiful paintings of the nude ever made.
In 1544, Du...
In 1504, Father Ralph Fletcher is hired for forty festoons to minister to the cod fishermen who come to Newfoundland and spend the winter there. He and the native Beothuk people become swept up in intrigue concerning the politics of faraway England....