{"product_id":"9780593904213","title":"The Mona Lisa Vanishes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIBERT MEDAL WINNER - BOSTON GLOBE - HORN BOOK AWARD WINNER - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, The New York Public Library, The Chicago Public Library, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of how Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the Louvre, written as a \"witty thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Joconde, c'est partie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Lisa,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshe's gone!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Walk its backstreets. Meet the infamous thieves - and detectives - of the era. And then slip back further in time and follow Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Lisa,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethrough his dazzling, wondrously weird life. Discover the secret at the heart of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - the most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Day, Nicholas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48822271738110,"sku":"9780593904213","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/The_Mona_Lisa_Vanishes.png?v=1788383191","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9780593904213","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}