The Second Mrs. Gioconda - by E L Konigsburg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This classic novel by the Newbery Medalist ("The View from Saturday") explores the mystery behind Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece. Could the links between the artist, a lying apprentice, and a young duchess hold the key to the historical riddle of the "Mona Lisa's" smile?<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME<br> AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH<br> A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL</b> <p/> Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? <br> Only a master storyteller like two-time Newberry Medal-winner E.L. Konigsburg could create such an intriguing answer to the puzzle behind the most famous painting of all time.
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