I, Mona Lisa
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Author | Jeanne Kalogridis |
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Language | English language |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Publication date | 2006 |
Publication place | United States |
I, Mona Lisa (UK title Painting Mona Lisa) is a historical novel by Jeanne Kalogridis about Lisa Gherardini, the model for Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa. Lisa is portrayed as a young Italian woman who learns about the murder of Giuliano de' Medici, the brother of Lorenzo de' Medici in the Pazzi conspiracy. Guiliano's murder casts a shadow, especially as one of the killers has not been found. She later falls in love with Giuliano's namesake, Lorenzo's son Giuliano in the aftermath of Girolamo Savonarola's uprising in the late 15th century.
It's an intricately woven tale of betrayal, love, and loss, which unravels the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's most famous portrait, Mona Lisa, and its links with the main character Lisa Gherardini, with added plot twists.
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- Timeline of fictional stories about the Mona Lisa
- La Joconde nue
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
- Arsène Lupin (1932)
- The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
- City of Death (1979)
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)
- Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
- Mona Lisa (1915 opera)
- "Mona Lisa" (1950 song)
- "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" (1984 song)
- "Lisa Mona Lisa" (1988 song)
- "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" (2011 song)
- "The Mona Lisa" (2013 song)
- In Search of Mona Lisa (2019 EP)
- The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975)
- I, Mona Lisa (2006)
- The Smile (2008)
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