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Mona Lisa In Camelot: Jacqueline Kennedy And The True Story Of The Painting's High-Stakes Journey To America (2008)

by Margaret Leslie Davis(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0738211036 (ISBN13: 9780738211039)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Da Capo Press

review 1: 50 years ago this Christmas, the Mona Lisa left the Louvre for the United States. "La Joconde," being the most famous and most valuable piece of art on the planet, doesn't travel much and, it seems, those in the know thought it would be unwise for her to make this trip. But Jacqueline Kennedy wanted Americans -- ones who may never have an opportunity to fly to Paris -- to have a chance to see the Mona Lisa, and so the exhibition happened.We live in a country where some politicians seem almost aggressively non-intellectual. Where to call something "French" is an insult. It was lovely to travel back in time to where our elected officials inspired us to aspire, to love our own history (as with the restoration of The Kennedy White House) and to appreciate what's beautiful abou... moret foreign lands.It was also great fun to learn about all the preparations that went into getting the Mona Lisa here. Mme Hours of the Louvre and Mr. Walker of the National Gallery both thought the portrait was too fragile for the trip and were both burdened by their governments with keeping it safe. I also enjoyed discovering Ed Folliard. The hardnosed White House journalist got the assignment to travel over with the painting and the imaginative, romantic reports he filed about his "relationship" with Lisa were unexpectedly adorable.
review 2: “To me a wonderful book is one that takes me on a journey into something I didn’t know before.” Quote by Jacqueline KennedyAs an avid admirer of Jacky Kennedy, I really appreciated this book. It is a deeper look at the life of a very young woman who happened to be the President of the U. S.'s wife. I knew she spoke fluent French and was a francophile, what I didn't know was how she used that to the betterment of the world standing of the U.S. She was so young to be as insightful as she was at that time.It would have made this book better to have a visual dictionary of all of the art pieces mentioned so that I, the reader, could look upon the objects that Jacky look upon and which impacted the exchange. It would also have been interesting to have a glossary perhaps explaining certain people and locations. (I have compiled a "study guide" if anyone is interested."Other than those suggestions I loved everything about this quick and easy read. less

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