HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Harper Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £17.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal paper colouration to part of the text block, no other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 564 pp. text. iv pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Praise for Jeanne Kalogridis: The Borgia Bride: 'Love, lust, incest and murder: this historical romance has it all.' The Mail on Sunday 'from sexual passion to mortal danger, the dramatic shift of real historical events will keep the reader turning the pages.' Philippa Gregory 'corset-busting escapism.' The Sunday Times. "Painting Mona Lisa" offers an explanation behind the mysteries surrounding da Vinci's famous portrait - why did Leonardo keep the "Mona Lisa" with him until his death?* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal faults reducing it to VG++*

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A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament--and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2480
Title: Painting Mona Lisa
Author: Kalogridis, Jeanne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/f/f
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, 1st. Imp..
ISBN 10: 0007210299
ISBN 13: 9780007210299
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Place of Publication: Lomdon UK 576
Date Published: 2006-05-02
Size: 23.2 x 16.2 x 4.8 cm

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