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Das Geheimnisvolle Lächeln (2009)

by Donna Jo Napoli(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

3596853788 (ISBN13: 9783596853786)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

S. Fischer

review 1: I love historical fiction because they entertain while they educate. I wanted to know more about da Vinci and his Italy and this book gives us a good glimpse into this time period through the eyes of a young girl, Mona Lisa. The writing is good which makes me want to check out her other books. The Smile is a love story too so it has a modern appeal to grab the attention of the young readers of today.
review 2: If you're a fan of historical fiction blended with romance, then Donna Jo Napoli's YA novel The Smile is for you. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Elisabetta, the girl later immortalized as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Monna Elisabetta hopes to marry for love but knows she's destined for an arranged marriage. As members of the lesser nobility in... more Florence, Elisabetta's family needs her to marry well, and she is bound by the limited role prescribed to her.But Elisabetta, unconventional and strong, is introduced by her father's famous friend, Leonardo da Vinci, to the Medici family, the most powerful and wealthy family in Florence. She and the youngest son, Giuliano soon fall in love. But can their love survive the violent political upheavals of the Renaissance and the overthrow of the Medici rule? In Napoli's hands, the mysterious Mona Lisa smile is created from love, loss, and the passion of the Renaissance. less

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