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I, Mona Lisa

Jeanne Kalogridis

Paperback | Pages: 515 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 8094 Users | 487 Reviews

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Original Title:	I, Mona Lisa
ISBN:	0312341393 (ISBN13: 9780312341398)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lorenzo de' Medici, Giuliano de' Medici, Leonardo da Vinci
Setting:	Tuscany,1478(Italy)

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***"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.

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Title	:	I, Mona Lisa
Author	:	Jeanne Kalogridis
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 515 pages
Published	:	October 31st 2006 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published May 2nd 2006)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Italy. Art. Mystery

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Ratings: 3.86 From 8094 Users | 487 Reviews

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Good enough, but a bit far fetched even for a novel. Anyhow, it was interesting enough considering all the different Mona Lisa theories.

This is the second book written by Jeanne Kalogridis that I read in only a few days. She tells the story combining real facts about the Medici family and 15th century Florence with made up events that make the reading even more enjoyable. It's the Florence of renaissance, the Florence of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli and Brunelleschi. It's the Florence of political disputes and vengeance. In some way, it's almost like a very old mafia story.

I am a big fan of historical fiction and love Cecelia Holland, Kate Horsley (please write more!) and was thankful to discover Jeanne Kalogridis. This is a read I devoured to get to the next gripping development. I will read anything this author writes. Her style is rich and her characters feel real and felt by the reader. A visually and emotionally satisfying read. "Set against the drama of 15th Century Florence, I, Mona Lisa is painted in many layers of fact and fiction, with each intricately

This book starts with a bang; it is very exciting! You are drawn in immediately, but then it goes down-hill, unless you enjoy fictitious murder mysteries. If you know me, you know this genre is not one of my favorites! Far from it. What I did enjoy was reading about Renaissance Florence, peopled with the likes of Savonarola and the Medici family. Michelangelo and Leonardo de Vinci have to be included too. The author has not twisted the historical dates and events. What she has done is bind

I found this book surprisingly engrossing, albeit in a sort of way, but better.The story centers around a murder - that of Giuliano de Medici in the late 15th century in Florence - and the subsequent solving of that murder. (Another good book on this subject is also one I mailed out for bookmooch called April Blood, but that book was more dry and less entertaining that this one - though the fictional details closely resemble the actual ones)The plot has a decent pace, the characters are

This book is to historical fiction what Twilight is to a Pulitzer...not even close. At what point did the memo stop circulating that says "naming your characters with names of famous historical figures does not historical fiction make"? What the author has done here is create a pseudo saga that happens to take place in Renaissance Florence, and with characters who happen to have names like Leonardo DaVinci and Lorenzo di Medici. It is blatantly obvious this woman had this silly little damsel in

What I know about the real Mona Lisa is... absolutely nothing. So I'm not sure what is fact in this book and what is fiction. The author did have a historical note in the back, but it mainly just said she stuck to fact when it was known, and embellished things when the actions weren't clear. Alrighty then.Nevertheless, I loved this book. You are drawn straight into Lisa's world during Italy's tumultuous time period with the "prophet" Savonarola. The book I had read recently, Signora Da Vinci,