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Vanished smile : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa

Title
  1. Vanished smile : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa / R.A. Scotti.
Published by
  1. New York, New York : Knopf Books, 2009.
  2. ©2009
Author
  1. Scotti, R. A.

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Description
  1. 241 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Part love story, part mystery, "Vanished Smile" reopens the case of the most audacious and perplexing art theft ever committed--the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Paris Louvre on August 21, 1911.
Subject
  1. Art thefts > France > Paris
  2. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 > Mona Lisa
Contents
  1. A perfect crime -- The vanishing act -- The hunt -- The blank wall -- Not the usual suspects -- The mystery woman -- A letter from Leonardo -- The sting -- A perfect story -- The prisoner.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-241).