Caterina, the mother of Leonardo da Vinci, searches for her true parents and becomes the model for the Mona Lisa, the only painting Leonardo kept with him all his life

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Inside-Flap copy: Rina de' Firenze is an Italian born-journalist and screenwriter. She was educated at Cambridge, England, but resides in New York. The book was originally published in Italy and later translated into English by the author and expanded.

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