Bibliograph

The Mona Lisa vanishes, a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity, Nicholas Day ; with art by Brett Helquist

Type

Label

The Mona Lisa vanishes, a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity, Nicholas Day ; with art by Brett Helquist

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12, Random House Studio

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6, Random House Studio

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Mona Lisa vanishes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1356890669

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Day ; with art by Brett Helquist

Sub title

a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity

Summary

"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, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's 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 thieves--and detectives--of 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 Lisa--the most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all" --, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity

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