Description |
376 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa -- Fiction.
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Art thefts -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
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Peruggia, Vincenzo -- Fiction.
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Art -- Forgeries -- Fiction.
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Novels.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
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ISBN |
9781728240763 (trade paperback) |
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172824076X (trade paperback) |
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9781728243986 (hardcover) |
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172824398X (hardcover) |
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