The Poison Portrait

"The Poison Portrait" is an art-historical thriller in which the fate of a doctoral student in art history intersects with that of her subject: Gabrielle d'Estrées, Henry IV's favorite, who died under strange circumstances a week before her coronation as Queen of France. A series of anonymous and enigmatic portraits seem to hold clues to the mystery surrounding her sudden death and to a perfidious conspiracy.

The fate of a 16th century favorite sacrificed to political power interests repeats itself in the art-world of the present day. Power, love and corruption drive the protagonist of this art-historical thriller into a world far more dangerous than the world of art and paintings.