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Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946-

The last Mona Lisa : a novel / - 376 pages ; 24 cm

"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"--

ISBN: 9781728240763 172824076X 9781728243986 172824398X

LCCN: 2020056377

Subjects--Personal Names:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa --Fiction.
Peruggia, Vincenzo--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art thefts--France--Paris--Fiction.
Art--Forgeries--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction.
Novels.

LC Class. No.: PS3619.A58 / L37 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6