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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Lisa Aldridge-Mathson
A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors trek to view her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered, a blend of biography, history, and memoir, truly is a book of discovery-about the world's most recognized face, most revered artist, and most praised and parodied painting. Who was she, this ordinary woman who rose to such extraordinary fame? Why did the most renowned painter of her time choose her as his model? What became of her? And why does her smile enchant us still? Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542) was a quintessential woman of her times, caught in a whirl of political upheavals, family dramas, and public scandals. Her life spanned the most tumultuous chapters in the history of Florence-and of the greatest artistic outpouring the world has ever seen. Her story creates an extraordinary tapestry of Renaissance Florence, with larger-than-legend figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Machiavelli. In Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered, Dianne Hales takes readers with her to meet Lisa's descendants; uncover her family's long and colourful history; and explore the neighbourhoods where she lived as a girl, a wife, and a mother.
The final volume of Hugo and Nebula Award-winner William Gibson's seminal Neuromancer Trilogy.
Mona Lisa: Oper in zwei Akten
Beatrice Dovsky
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Beatrice Dovsky: Mona Lisa. Oper in zwei Akten Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2013 Vollst ndiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie der Autorin bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Komponiert von Max von Schillings. Urauff hrung am 26.09.1915, Neues Hoftheater, Stuttgart. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Schillings, Max von: Mona Lisa. Oper in zwei Akten, Dichtung von Beatrice Dovsky, Berlin: E. & J. Erdmann, o. J.]. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 10 pt.
MONA LISA - The Virgin Mother: The Icon of the Art World ...Stolen!
J. J. Barrie
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2013
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Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS The Mona Lisa was stolen from her place of repose in the Salon Carr in the finest museum in the world, the Louvre, on 21 August 1911... and returned in 1913. That much is fact... in 1986, it happened all over again. The date was 25 July, 1986. 'To business, Ladybird; you and I are going to steal a small painting for a fee of two and a quarter million - after G rard, no doubt, has taken his cut.' Paul paused until the waiter placed the coffees down in front of them. 'We have several days to review the idea before we commit. I've told G rard we will decide by this coming Friday and then if we go ahead, we have maybe three weeks to complete the task.' 'And where is this Holy Grail located' 'Close by... in fact just over the road at the Louvre.' 'Oh, great, with their security, why not try something easy, like the vaults of the Banque de Paris, ' she mocked quietly. Whispering almost into his ear, she pondered whether to kiss or nibble. Deciding to lightly kiss, she added, 'Next thing you will tell me we are going to steal the Mona Lisa' 'Quite right, my dear; exactement, madame.' 'Merde We are plainly mad.' ***** MONA LISA: THE VIRGIN MOTHER is the compelling story of the intrigue surrounding the 1986 robbery of Da Vinci's icon of the art world. An enthralling and engaging scheme of double-cross, conspiracy, murder and a deadly vendetta. Set in Paris, the persuasive plot moves from Florence and Hong Kong, to Nice and Majorca - a tale rich in atmosphere and alive with the imagery of the locales - and an unexpected conclusion. G rard Colbert, and Paul Davaine, once again combine their talents with Ladybird, Europe's premier jewel thief. After eight years in the Legion, twenty more had followed in the clandestine Deuxiemme Bureau of the Securiti Nationale. Finally heading that shady equivalent of the CIA or MI6, Colbert attained the highest rank outside the services - that of full Colonel. In retirement, his business was merely a cover for all manner of covert operations - robberies, insurance frauds, assassinations and accidents. His main operative, Paul Davaine, was born Simon Rosenberg. After the war he joined the exodus of orphaned Jewish children to Israel where, in time, Mossad recruited and trained him as an assassin. Returning to his beloved France as an infamous Nazi-hunter, a consuming hatred burned in him, such that few of his captives ever returned to Israel for trial. La Coccinelle, the legendary Ladybird, remained Europe's most mysterious jewel thief. In another life, she was the daughter of one of England's most enigmatic baronets, the Earl of Berkeley. The aristocratic family, though not one of the oldest, was certainly amongst its wealthiest. Lady Annabel Peregrine-Forster, thirty-four, twice married and divorced, lived as she always had - a life of excitement, privilege and luxury. Although able to buy those she stole many times over, her insatiable penchant for diamonds drove her. A tall, handsome woman, chic and Paris-elegant with a model's figure, her lustrous black hair was cropped fashionably short. Behind the slightly olive complexion was a tenacious mind. Not a person to trifle with - a markswoman and fitness fanatic, she was clever and intelligent. Annabel was successful because she was careful, her tradecraft such that she instinctively took extraordinary precautions. She was simply the best. Read some of the comments of reviewers: 'A most engaging and plausible plot ... 'A gripping suspense filled story and an entertaining read ...' 'Move over Dan Brown ...'
Second Lisa: Book Two: art imitates life... life duplicates art ...death goes on
V. Knox
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Mona Lisa: Carlingford Chronicles Book 1
Whitney L. Schwartz
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Mona Lisa Moon: A Psychological Thriller
Robert Taylor
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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