The Mona Lisa Vanishes
By Nicholas Day
ABOUT the BOOK!
When the Mona Lisa was stolen on August 21, 1911, the Louvre was a sleepy museum where guards sometimes left their posts to take naps or get a snack, and the Mona Lisa was just another Renaissance portrait.
The theft changed everything, becoming a detective story that captivated a global audience, and making the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world. Alternating between the 20th-century whodunit and the 16th-century tale of Leonardo da Vinci and Lisa Gherardini, the story captures many details of both pre-World War I Europe and the Renaissance |
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