EAN: 9780062993595

THE STOLEN LADY - LAURA MORELLI KARTONIERT (TB)

From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two
women  separated by five hundred years  who each hide Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa-with
unintended consequences.France  1939 At the dawn of World War II  Anne Guichard  a young
archivist employed at the Louvre  arrives home to find her brother missing. While she works to
discover his whereabouts  refugees begin flooding into Paris and German artillery fire rattles
the city. Once they reach the city  the Nazis will stop at nothing to get their hands on the
Louvre's art collection. Anne is quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord  where the Louvre's
most precious artworks-including the Mona Lisa-are being transferred to ensure their safety.
With the Germans hard on their heels  Anne frantically moves the Mona Lisa and other treasures
again and again in an elaborate game of hide and seek. As the threat to the masterpieces and
her life grows closer  Anne also beginsto learn the truth about her brother and the role he
plays in this dangerous game. Florence  1479 House servant Bellina Sardi's future seems fixed
when she accompanies her newly married mistress  Lisa Gherardini  to her home across the Arno.
Lisa's husband  a prosperous silk merchant  is aligned with the powerful Medici  his home
filled with luxuries and treasures. But soon  Bellina finds herself bewitched by a charismatic
monk who has urged Florentines to rise up against the Medici and to empty their homes of the
riches and jewels her new employer prizes. When Master Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to
paint a portrait of Lisa  Bellina finds herself tasked with hiding an impossible secret. When
art and war collide  Leonardo da Vinci  his beautiful subject Lisa  and the portrait find
themselves in the crosshairs of history.

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