{"product_id":"books-the-stolen-lady-by-laura-morelli","title":"The Stolen Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait\u003cbr\u003e comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred\u003cbr\u003e years, who each hide Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa--with unintended\u003cbr\u003e consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance, 1939\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of World War II, Anne Guichard, a young\u003cbr\u003e archivist employed at the Louvre, arrives home to find her brother missing.\u003cbr\u003e While she works to discover his whereabouts, refugees begin flooding into Paris\u003cbr\u003e and German artillery fire rattles the city. Once they reach the city, the Nazis\u003cbr\u003e will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Louvre's art collection. Anne is\u003cbr\u003e quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord, where the Louvre's most precious\u003cbr\u003e artworks--including the Mona Lisa--are being transferred to ensure their\u003cbr\u003e safety. With the Germans hard on their heels, Anne frantically moves the Mona\u003cbr\u003e Lisa and other treasures again and again in an elaborate game of hide and\u003cbr\u003e seek. As the threat to the masterpieces and her life grows closer, Anne also\u003cbr\u003e begins to learn the truth about her brother and the role he plays in this\u003cbr\u003e dangerous game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlorence, 1479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouse servant Bellina Sardi's future seems fixed when she accompanies\u003cbr\u003e her newly married mistress, Lisa Gherardini, to her home across the Arno.\u003cbr\u003e Lisa's husband, a prosperous silk merchant, is aligned with the powerful\u003cbr\u003e Medici, his home filled with luxuries and treasures. But soon, Bellina finds\u003cbr\u003e herself bewitched by a charismatic monk who has urged Florentines to rise up\u003cbr\u003e against the Medici and to empty their homes of the riches and jewels her new\u003cbr\u003e employer prizes. When Master Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint a\u003cbr\u003e portrait of Lisa, Bellina finds herself tasked with hiding an impossible\u003cbr\u003e secret.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen art and war collide, Leonardo da Vinci, his beautiful\u003cbr\u003e subject Lisa, and the portrait find themselves in the crosshairs of history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669752111377,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062993595.jpg?v=1781510155","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-stolen-lady-by-laura-morelli","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}