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Mona Lisa
Contributor(s): Lernet-Holenia, Alexander (Author), Avsey, Ignat (Translator), Gower, Neil (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 1782271902     ISBN-13: 9781782271901
Publisher: Pushkin Collection
OUR PRICE: $13.60  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2016
* Out of Print *

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Romance - Historical - General
Dewey: 833.912
Series: Pushkin Collection
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.8" W x 6.4" L (0.20 lbs) 96 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Shelf Awareness 06/17/2016
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2016
 
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Publisher Description:
'Love does not need any comforting. It does not even need requiting. All it needs is itself.'

Florence, 1502. Marshal Louis de La Tr mouille's small army has stopped off en route to Naples, to buy objects d'art for King Louis XII of France. Naturally, Leonardo da Vinci's workshop is on the shopping list; and during their visit to his house, the young nobleman de Bougainville chances upon the not-quite-finished Mona Lisa. He promptly, utterly and hopelessly falls in love with the woman in the painting, and is determined to find her - despite rumours that she has long ago died. A visit to an empty tomb, assault upon an Italian nobleman's mansion, duel and execution later, the secret of la Gioconda's smile is (possibly) revealed.

An entertaining story, told with style - about love, life, art, and the Quixotic things that a man will do to realise his dream.
 
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