The Lost Mona Lisa: The Extraordinary True Story of the Greatest Art Theft in History

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Bantam Press, 2009 - Art - 260 pages
Late on the afternoon of August 20 1911, three men strolled through the Louvre. Disguising themselves as museum staff they hid until nightfall. 16 hours later the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, had vanished. It took 24 hours for anyone in the museum to notice. This is the true story of the biggest art theft in history.

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About the author (2009)

R. A. Scotti is the author of Basilica, on the building of St Peter's in Rome and Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, and four novels.

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