For fans of rich and complex historical novels like Girl with a Pearl Earring or Code Name Verity, Laura Malone Elliott delivers the stunning tale of real-life Renaissance woman Ginevra de' Benci, the inspiration for one of Leonardo da Vinci's earliest masterpieces. The young and beautiful daughte
Da Vinci's Tiger
β Scribed by Elliott, L. M.
- Book ID
- 100091079
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Katherine Tegen Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062231715
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In fifteenth-century Florence, the dashing Venetian ambassador commissions young Leonardo da Vinci to paint a portrait of his Platonic love, Ginevra de' Benci, a well-educated, teenaged poet in a passionless marriage, propelling her into the world of art, politics, and romance, with all of its complications.
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