Political uproar that escalates into war threatens the young romance, though, and Elisabetta is caught between her passionate attachment to Giuliano and her dutiful obligations to her family. Giuliano must go with him.Īfter that, little by little, Giuliano and Mona Lisa's life together, begins to fall apart. Giuliano's older brother is sent to talk to the king of France. But right before they were going to announce it, there is word that the French are going to attack Italy and are making their way to Florence. They decide to announce it at the end of the party. The morning of her party, Giuliano proposes to her, she is extremely happy because she truly loves him. Then when Mona Lisa is 15 she finally gets her party. The teenagers share an instant attraction that deepens into friendship and, finally, love. Giuliano and Mona Lisa, as only Giuliano calls her, meet many other times over the years. Less than a year later they meet again at Mona Betta's fathers' wedding to another woman that Mona is determined to hate.
She has met him a few times before, and she really likes him. But then when Mona Betta's mother died suddenly, the party is cancelled.Īt her mother's funeral, she meets Giuliano de Medici (the heir to the most powerful family in Florence ).The Medici's are the most noble family in all of Florence. Mona Betta wants to marry for love and romance, but she knows most girls are not so lucky. She is worried about having to marry a man who is old, mean, or ugly. The party is where she is supposed to find the man she will become betrothed to, and then she will marry when she turns 15. On Mona Betta's 13th birthday, she is going to have a grand party for all of the nobility’s of Florence. She is a girl of nobility.īut, unlike most other noble girls, she loves to work and be outdoors. Mona Bett lives in Florence, Italy with her mother and father at her father's silk farm. This book is about the young life of the woman behind the famous smile. This book “The Smile” is about the life of Modanna Elisabetta, or as most people know her: Mona Lisa. I must thank my dear friend who suggested me to read this novel.
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