| Note |
Includes a reading group guide (pages [371]-372) and conversation with the author (pages [373]-376). |
| 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. |
| Other edition |
Online version: Santlofer, Jonathan, The last mona lisa Naperville : Sourcebooks Landmark, 2021. 9781728240770 |
| Subject |
Art thefts -- Fiction.
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Thieves -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781728243986
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172824398X
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