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Book 1 of the “The Theft of the Millennium” series

The Mona Lisa Smiles at Thieves

On 24 August 1911 all the French newspapers came out with sensational news: Leonardo da Vinci's painting “Mona Lisa” had been stolen from the Louvre.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2013
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
330
ISBN:
978-5-699-61088-4
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
Translated edition published as:
Thomas Hawthorn
The Mona Lisa Smiles at ThievesExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

On 24 August 1911 all the French newspapers came out with sensational news: Leonardo da Vinci's painting “Mona Lisa” had been stolen from the Louvre. Police Prefect Marc Lépine takes the case under personal control and entrusts the search for France's national treasure to the best Parisian detective, Inspector François Driou. The investigation reveals that the museum's valuables are barely guarded. Moreover, a careful inventory showed that over recent years hundreds of exhibits had been stolen from the museum's halls… The Louvre's director is in panic, and Lépine and Driou are at a loss. How to find the thief when it could be anyone?

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The Mona Lisa Smiles at Thieves