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Napoli, Donna Jo

The Smile

260 pp. | Dutton | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-525-47999-4 $17.99
(2) YA Elisabetta begins a secret courtship with Giuliano Medici. Their romance plays out against political intrigue, familial loyalty, and betrayal. Napoli re-creates Renaissance Italy through alluring sensory descriptions, her writing rich with period detail, establishing depth of character for the woman who will become the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. An appended author's note gives more history.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008

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