Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa - Paperback

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Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa - Paperback

Name: Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa - Paperback
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by R. a. Scotti

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by R. a. Scotti (Author)

On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's most celebrated painting vanished from the Louvre. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art.

The sensational disappearing act captured the world's imagination. Crowds stood in line to view the empty space on the museum wall. Thousands more waited, as concerned as if Mona Lisa were a missing person, for news of the lost painting. Almost a century later, questions still linger: Who really pinched Mona Lisa, and why? Part love story, part mystery, Vanished Smile reopens the puzzling case that transformed a Renaissance portrait into the most enduring icon of all time.

Author Biography

R. A. Scotti is the author of Vanished Smile, a 2010 Edgar Award nominee, as well as three previous works of nonfiction, including Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal--Building St. Peter's and Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, and four novels. She lives in New York City.

Number of Pages: 256

Dimensions: 0.74 x 7.94 x 5.54 IN

Publication Date: April 06, 2010

ISBN	9780307278388
Author	R. a. Scotti
Publisher	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Genre	History and Arts
Format	Paperback
Published	April 2010
Language	ENG- English
Pages	256
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print