It's just a few more days before Laura Morelli's latest book is published. On September 21, 2021 The Stolen Lady is scheduled for publication. The publisher's website says that is about the Mona Lisa and it takes place during WWII. I have been a big fan of Morelli since The Painter's Apprentice came out.
In The Stolen Lady there are 2 parallel plots. In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci is commissioned to paint a portrait of the wife of a silk trader named Lisa. Lisa's servant gets caught up in a plot to rise up against the Medici family. Her loyalty is split between Lisa and the insurgents who intend to seize assets, including art, from landowners. The servant, Bellina, decides to protect the unfinished portrait of Lisa. In 1939 an archivist's assistant named Anne partakes in missions to hide museum pieces from the Nazis. Anne also becomes involved with the French Resistance.
While there are a plethora of books about the Nazis and stolen art works, I am hoping that Morelli will bring something new to this sub-genre.
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