The Resource The last Mona Lisa : a novel, Jonathan Santlofer
The last Mona Lisa : a novel, Jonathan Santlofer
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The item The last Mona Lisa : a novel, Jonathan Santlofer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 555 pages (large print)
- Note
- Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 541-550)
- Isbn
- 9781432893309
- Label
- The last Mona Lisa : a novel
- Title
- The last Mona Lisa
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Santlofer
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- JST
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Santlofer, Jonathan
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print thriller, adventure and suspense
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Leonardo
- Peruggia, Vincenzo
- Art thefts
- Art
- College teachers
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The last Mona Lisa : a novel, Jonathan Santlofer
- Note
- Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 541-550)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 555 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432893309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1290317346
- (OCoLC)on1290317346
- Label
- The last Mona Lisa : a novel, Jonathan Santlofer
- Note
- Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 541-550)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 555 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432893309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1290317346
- (OCoLC)on1290317346
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