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Highlights
- "My name is Lisa di Antonio Gherardini Giocondo, though to acquaintances, I am known simply as Madonna Lisa.
- About the Author: Jeanne Kalogridis lives with her partner on the West Coast, where they share a house with two dogs.
- 544 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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Set against the drama and danger of 15th-century Florence, "I, Mona Lisa" is an intricately drawn tale that rings through with the captivating voice of Mona Lisa.Book Synopsis
"My name is Lisa di Antonio Gherardini Giocondo, though to acquaintances, I am known simply as Madonna Lisa. My story begins not with my birth but a murder, committed the year before I was born..."
Florence, April 1478: The handsome Giuliano de' Medici is brutally assassinated in Florence's magnificent Duomo. The shock of the murder ripples throughout the great city, from the most renowned artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to a wealthy wool merchant and his extraordinarily beautiful daughter, Madonna Lisa. More than a decade later, Florence falls under the dark spell of the preacher Savonarola, a fanatic who burns paintings and books as easily as he sends men to their deaths. Lisa, now grown into an alluring woman, captures the heart of Giuliano's nephew and namesake. But when Guiliano, her love, meets a tragic end, Lisa must gather all her courage and cunning to untangle a sinister web of illicit love, treachery, and dangerous secrets that threatens her life. Set against the drama of 15th Century Florence, I, Mona Lisa is painted in many layers of fact and fiction, with each intricately drawn twist told through the captivating voice of Mona Lisa herself.Review Quotes
"From sexual passion to mortal danger, the dramatic shift of real historical events will keep the reader turning the pages." --Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl on The Borgia Bride
"Entertaining." --USA Today on The Borgia Bride "...a dramatic tale from a heady mix of royal power plays and passion." --Publishers Weekly on The Borgia BrideAbout the Author
Jeanne Kalogridis lives with her partner on the West Coast, where they share a house with two dogs. She is the author of The Borgia Bride, The Scarlet Contessa, The Devil's Queen, and other dark fantasy and historical novels. Born in Florida, Kalogridis has a B.A. in Russian and a master's in linguistics, and taught English as a second language at The American University for eight years before retiring to write full-time.