Painting Mona Lisa
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Painting Mona Lisa is a historical novel by Jeanne Kalogridis
about a young Italian woman, Lisa Gherardini who falls in love with Giulano Medici, the son of Lorenzo de' Medici
, during the Florentine revolution and amongst all the religious upheavals during the late 15th century.
It's an intricately woven tale of betrayal, love and loss, which unravels the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's most famous portrait, Mona Lisa, and it's links with the main character Lisa Gherardini, with added plots and a twist you won't see coming.
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Jeanne Kalogridis
Jeanne Kalogridis , also known by the pseudonym J.M. Dillard is an Greek-American writer of historical and horror fiction.She was born in Florida and studied at the University of South Florida, earning first a BA in Russian and then an MA in Linguistics...
about a young Italian woman, Lisa Gherardini who falls in love with Giulano Medici, the son of Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets...
, during the Florentine revolution and amongst all the religious upheavals during the late 15th century.
It's an intricately woven tale of betrayal, love and loss, which unravels the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's most famous portrait, Mona Lisa, and it's links with the main character Lisa Gherardini, with added plots and a twist you won't see coming.
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