Painting Mona Lisa [Import] [Paperback]

Jeanne Kalogridis (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (April 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007225857
• ISBN-13: 978-0007225859
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,975,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Betrayal, love and loss: a story of Mona Lisa, July 25, 2006

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J. Cameron-Smith "Expect the Unexpected" (ACT, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Painting Mona Lisa (Hardcover)

This tale is set against the turbulent backdrop of late 15th century Florence.

Through the eyes of Lisa di Antonio Gherardini Giocondo, we meet the Medici, Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, feast on the Florentine Renaissance and then experience the puritanical turbulence of Girolamo Savanarola (including the Bonfire of the Vanities).

The story itself, though, is an intricate tale of Lisa's life complete with elements of love, high drama, betrayal and loss.

'People kill and die because they cannot control their emotions'

Whether you read this novel as pure fiction or would like it to be plausible explanation, enjoy the story. While I read it as escapist fiction, I enjoyed the writing and became caught up in the possibilities explored.

Recommended.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A magical reading experience!, May 3, 2008

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tamara-di (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting Mona Lisa (Paperback)

This is by far my favourite book, i couldn't put it down, i loved breathed, and everyone I have recommended it to love it as well! I loved the history, the romance, the love and pain and the history all entwinded into an extremely well written book, it was like I was there with Lisa throughout her story! Jeanne Kalogridis is by far my favourite author, as I have read three of her books and loved each and everyone of them! If you love this book, you have to read 'The Borgia Bride' and 'The Burning Times'! It is the most magical reading experience! edit | delete review