Helpful Score: 17
I picked this book up about three weeks ago, read 100 pages and put it down. I was so overwhelmed with Italian characters, terms and locations that I didn't even want to continue.
But I did evenutally pick it back up about 3 days ago and I finished the remaining 415 pages in that time. I am so incredibly glad I did.
Kalogridis takes a few simple, historical facts and weaves it into this engrossing fictional tale of Mona Lisa.
It left me wanting to know more about this woman and the painting so famously created by Leonardo Da Vinci and all along wishing the story was true. Her portrayal of the love affair between Madonna Lisa and Guiliano and the power struggles between the Pazzi family and the Medici reminded me of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" at times.
I am usually not a fan of historical fiction but now am intrigued by other books written by the author.
But I did evenutally pick it back up about 3 days ago and I finished the remaining 415 pages in that time. I am so incredibly glad I did.
Kalogridis takes a few simple, historical facts and weaves it into this engrossing fictional tale of Mona Lisa.
It left me wanting to know more about this woman and the painting so famously created by Leonardo Da Vinci and all along wishing the story was true. Her portrayal of the love affair between Madonna Lisa and Guiliano and the power struggles between the Pazzi family and the Medici reminded me of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" at times.
I am usually not a fan of historical fiction but now am intrigued by other books written by the author.
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