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The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity / Nicholas Day, with art by Brett Helquist.
"A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world-and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593643846 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Studio, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A star is born -- She's gone -- Tell me, tell me, tell me - The Mona Lisa is nowhere, the Mona Lisa is everywhere -- Everything that is possible to do -- The consummate professional -- Marry or else -- Gigantic figures in human shape -- An improbable series of improbable events -- A wild and perfect pair -- A dangerous woman -- My name is Leonard -- The afterlife. |
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| Subject: | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa > Juvenile literature. Art thefts > France > Paris > Juvenile literature. Art thefts > Juvenile literature. Paris (France) > Juvenile literature. |
| Genre: | True crime stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | J 364.162870944361 Day | 31681030080345 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Transporting readers back to turn-of-the-century Paris where they will bear witness to the heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, which made it the most famous artwork in the world, this nonfiction thriller is shot through with stories of crime and celebrity, genius and beauty. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - Random House, Inc.
âThe tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!ââSteve Sheinkin, Newbery Honorâwinning author of Bomb
The true story of how Leonardo da Vinciâs masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the Louvre, written as a âwitty thrillerâ (The New York Times) and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.
SIBERT MEDAL WINNER ⢠BOSTON GLOBEâHORN BOOK AWARD WINNER ⢠ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, The New York Public Library, The Chicago Public Library, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, câest partie! The Mona Lisa, sheâs gone!
No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting?
Travel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Walk its backstreets. Meet the infamous thievesâand detectivesâof the era. And then slip back further in time and follow Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the Mona Lisa, through his dazzling, wondrously weird life. Discover the secret at the heart of the Mona Lisaâthe most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all.
