The last Mona Lisa a novel
"August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The last Mona Lisa : |b a novel / |c Jonathan Santlofer. |
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| 300 | |a 376 pages | ||
| 520 | 0 | |a "August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. A gripping novel exploring the 1911 theft and the present underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale, tapping into our universal fascination with da Vinci's enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake"-- | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Leonardo, |c da Vinci, |d 1452-1519. |t Mona Lisa |v Fiction. |
| 650 | 0 | 0 | |a Art thefts |v Fiction. |
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