A review by heatherbirchall
What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth

3.0

2.5 stars. I was pretty hopeful for this book as I love biographies of paintings, and how bad could this one be with such an attractive cover? But, there just wasn't enough content about this actual painting to make the book compelling. Instead the author pads out the book with tons of political stuff about this and that Polish count and I lost the will to live. If you want to read a truly excellent book about a Leonardo painting read "The Last Leonardo" by Ben Lewis.