false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165445984m/4537.jpg 4537 11 <P><B><CENTER>THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME<P>AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH<P>A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL</CENTER></B><P>Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?<P>Only a master storyteller like two-time Newberry Medal-winner E.L. Konigsburg could create such an intriguing answer to the puzzle behind the most famous painting of all time.<P> 1547546 book 1975 The Second Mrs. Gioconda total:273|5:58|4:85|3:95|2:30|1:5| 273 980 383 43 5 1 false false Wed Dec 03 10:10:06 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 10:12:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 05 15:48:28 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 15:17:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jan 13 14:28:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 14:30:02 -0800 2009
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The greatest artist of his time......an apprentice with a larcenous heart and an aversion to the truth.......a young duchess whose plain face belies her beautiful soul. Could the complex...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 29 12:20:27 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 12:21:48 -0800 2007
Here Konigsburg offers up some "historical fiction" about ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:03:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:05:01 -0700 2009 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler or The View From Saturday.
Fun history, and I learned enough about the characters to make me go do some extra research, but the ending was altogether too abrupt.more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 12:44:12 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 16:36:32 -0700 2009 E.L. Konigsburg, and this was no exception. Maybe not as good as The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, but that's possibly because that one has a special place in my heart.more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:22:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 17:01:34 -0800 2008 The View from Saturday because the past two Konigsburg books I've attempted to read have been duds. If this book or the last book I read by Konigsburg had been the first one I read then I don't know if I would've ever discovered the b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Sep 24 13:31:55 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 13:33:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:52:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:53:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 15:40:51 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 22:20:31 -0700 2009
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