num_pages: 138
description: 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?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.
language: English
title: The Second Mrs. Gioconda
titlecomplete: The Second Mrs. Gioconda
characters: Ludovico Sforza, Gian Giacomo de' Caprotti, Beatrice d'Este, Leonardo da Vinci, Isabella d'Este, Mona Lisa Gioconda, Lucrezia Crivelli, Cecilia Gallerani
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Italy, Historical Fiction, Art, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 2994
places: Italy, Milan, Lombardy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks