{"product_id":"the-paris-thief-trade-paperback","title":"The Paris Thief (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 24 August 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Kristin Hannah,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Paris Library\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Paris Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e, a story of love, betrayal, and sacrifice. In wartime Paris, a woman is entrusted with saving the Mona Lisa during the Nazi occupation—until her first love walks back into her life, now wearing the uniform of the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe feels the weight of her responsibility, the weight of her secret. With bitter hands, she wraps up the portrait, closes the case, and clicks the latches in place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1910\u003c\/strong\u003e: Eighteen-year-old Mathilde has escaped her lonely provincial childhood to become a painter in Montmartre. Moving in bohemian circles, she models for Picasso and lives hedonistically amongst the artists, writers, and intellectuals of Paris. But when the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre, and a number of Mathilde’s friends and lovers become suspects, life will never be the same again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1940\u003c\/strong\u003e: As the enemy marches into Paris, Mathilde, now an archivist at the Louvre, is tasked with the evacuation of hundreds of priceless masterpieces to the Chateau de Chambord. With her, she carries a secret: the Mona Lisa is now under her sole protection, safe from looters. Nobody must discover its whereabouts. But when a face from her past arrives at the chateau, dressed in Nazi uniform, Mathilde finds herself agonisingly torn between love and duty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Rochon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47593084321970,"sku":"9781035442911","price":356.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035442911.webp?v=1781695159","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-paris-thief-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}