02323nam 22005293 450 991015468080332120210901203302.097817822720691782272062(CKB)3710000000971850(MiAaPQ)EBC4777563(MiAaPQ)EBC6108150(Au-PeEL)EBL6108150(OCoLC)1156045504(Perlego)3036854(EXLCZ)99371000000097185020210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMona Lisa1st ed.Hanover :Steerforth Press,2016.©2016.1 online resource (55 pages)Pushkin Collection9781782271901 1782271902 Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Mona Lisa -- About the Publisher -- Copyright.'Love does not need any comforting. It does not even need requiting. All it needs is itself.'Florence, 1502. Marshal Louis de La Trémouille'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. Pushkin CollectionPushkin Collection ItalyHistory1492-1559FictionItalyfast833.912Lernet-Holenia Alexander457593Avsey Ignat1247685Gower Neil1178485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154680803321Mona Lisa2892184UNINA