Mona Lisa in Camelot

The acclaimed biographer tells the charming story of the First Lady’s mission to bring the Mona Lisa to America in this “little gem of a book” (Good Morning America). In December 1962, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa set sail from Paris to New York for what was arguably the riskiest art exhibition ever mounted. The fragile icon traveled like a head of state, with armed guards and military surveillance, in a temperature-controlled vault. Masterminding the entire show was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who t