Don’t spoil a good story by telling the truth. This quote from Isabella Stewart Gardner sets the tone for Emily Franklin’s wonderful novel The LIONESS of BOSTON.

If you have visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this novel will add volumes to the dimension of your experience. If you have not yet made the trek read The LIONESS of BOSTON first.

Glass ceilings broken long before anyone coined the term. An intimate look at the Boston Brahmin society of the late 19th Century and how one woman changed an insular world. A story of relationships, family, travel, art and artists and a greater grasp of Henry James, John Singer Sargent and Oscar Wilde.

Emily Franklin creates a new map as you walk with The Lioness the streets of Boston, Venice, London and Paris. You will not tire of the adventure.