I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis Paperback Book

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Rent I, Mona Lisa

Author: Jeanne Kalogridis

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St Martins Pr

Published: Oct 2006

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $25.99

Pages: 544

Synopsis

A meticulously detailed historical novel, set against the turbulent backdrop of fifteenth-century Florence, chronicles the life and times of Madonna Lisa, the mysterious woman who becomes the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous and enigmatic portrait and who becomes caught up in a web of dark secrets, treachery, illicit love, and murder. Original. 100,000 first printing.

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