- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (2 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007210299
- ISBN-13: 978-0007210299
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,030,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Jeanne Kalogridis:
The Borgia Bride:
‘Love, lust, incest and murder: this historical romance has it all.’
The Mail on Sunday
'from sexual passion to mortal danger, the dramatic shift of real historical events will keep the reader turning the pages.'
Philippa Gregory
'corset-busting escapism.'
The Sunday Times
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Painting Mona Lisa offers an explanation behind the mysteries surrounding da Vinci's famous portrait – why did Leonardo keep the Mona Lisa with him until his death?
An intricately woven tale of betrayal, love and loss, which unravels the mysteries surrounding da Vinci's most famous portrait.
April 26, 1478. Giuliano de Medici, brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the head of the powerful Florentine Medici family, is assassinated.
Ten years later, a young Lisa Gherardini listens to the story of Giuliano's death, unaware of the significance it holds for her future. Drawn into the Medici circle by her passion for the Arts, Lisa meets the Medici's most luminescent friend: da Vinci. Against the turbulent backdrop of Savonarola's Florence the two become conspirators and eventually each other's saviours in this parallel love story of infinite twists.
Praise for Jeanne Kalogridis:
'Corset-busting escapism.'
The Sunday Times
'from sexual passion to mortal danger, the dramatic shift of real historical events will keep the reader turning the pages.'
Philippa Gregory
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got a taste for Jeanne Kalogridis after reading The Borgia Bride so I bought this book on the strength of that. The story follows the life of a young girl living in Florence during the late 1400/early 1500's. While the title and blurb gives the impression that the whole story revolves around Lisa and Leonardo da Vinci, it doesn't. It follows her through her first marriage with a man she loved and second marriage with a man she hates and her involvement in the secret plans to bring back an outlawed ruler. There are many twist, some that are quite expected and others that I would never have guessed. While based on fact this story is very very far off being a non-fiction story as there are crucial errors. Despite this I found the book extremely enjoyable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Apart from the historical accuracies aside this is an easy read once you get into it. The first few chapters, which set the story for the rest of the book I found a little confusing to how they related to the rest of the book (although this becomes clear towards the end.) If you have any love of Italy this is good book as you can visualize Florence with the characters wandering through.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading The Borgia Bride I was left with a taste for more of Jeanne Kalogridis, and Painting Mona Lisa certainly sated my appetite. Although not living up to The Borgia Bride, a book I just couldn't put down, Painting Mona Lisa was a brilliant book to escape with at the end of a long day. The characters were well formed, and certainly quite different to how they are painted (excuse the wordplay) in history. Overall I enjoyed the book and look forward to more from the author, my only worry being she has set such great expectations, I hope she can live up to them!
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As put by the medici history gone balls!
After reading The Borgia Bride, I was excited to read this and the earlier comment about having researched the Medici family, not the historical bridge ...... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by sum ting wong
Good story, poor research!
I read the book in quickly and found the plot well constructed and the characters well portrayed. The writing swept me along and I was keen to find out how the story would be... Read more
Published on 9 July 2007 by River Lee
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