Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisaβs taleβ a story of passion, intrigue, loss, and, most of all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she is too plain. Then, on a fateful visit to glittering Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci, and falls for a boy named Giuliano deβ Medici. It is a dangerous time to beβor be involved withβa Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.
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