The Thefts of the Mona Lisa

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The Thefts of the Mona LisaThe Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork\nAuthor(s): Noah Charney, Steve Berry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781538181362, 978-1538181362\nSynopsis\n\""Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history.\"" Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\n\nFrom the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, the critically-acclaimed book The Thefts of the Mona Lisa (Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Shelf Awareness, Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews) provides the complete story of this work of art, as written by a bestselling, Pulitzer finalist author.\nLeonardo da Vincis portrait, called the Mona Lisa, is without doubt the worlds most famous painting. It achieved its fame not only because it is a remarkable exampl.