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The Stolen Lady

A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa

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The Stolen Lady

Auteur(s): Laura Morelli
Narrateur(s): Lisa Flanagan, Caroline Hewitt, Paul Woodson
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Laura Morelli, an art historian and interpreter of European culture for the American audience, has done a masterful effort of bringing the Mona Lisa story to life in “The Stolen Lady”. She has developed two suspenseful story arcs separated by several hundred years, as seen through the eyes of two historically minor characters, women who may well be fictitious but who seem real. Morelli rounds out our glimpse into the gaps of the historical record with delightful internal commentary by the artist himself, Leonardo da Vinci, at various points in the decades-long drama until the Mona Lisa painting is finally completed and safely in the possession of French royalty. My only quibble with the title of the novel is that the Mona Lisa painting was never actually stolen in either story arc, although its survival was sometimes precarious. The narration of the audiobook was excellent, and the characters were well-differentiated by the voice actors. One puzzling aspect, however, was why some of the characters in the modern story set in France suddenly broke into French dialogue -- when the listener understands very well that all conversations between those characters would have been completely in French. Wasn’t it enough that the narrators were speaking English with believable French accents?

A famous painting survives precarious times

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Kelly Tries
For those who love art and history and Paris, this book is a gem.

Wonderful story

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The Stolen Lady is provides an interesting look at two time periods and is told from the point of view of three engaging characters. Good story. Mostly, the performances were very good but the mispronunciation of “Louvre” was most annoying. You can imagine how many times the name of the museum was used. Does no one vet pronunciation?There are many French-speaking Canadians who would be happy to help rather than suffer this.

Mispronunciation of “Louvre” nearly drove me nuts.

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