{"product_id":"vanished-smile-the-mysterious-theft-of-the-mona-lisa-9780307278388","title":"Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa","description":"On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's most celebrated painting vanished from the Louvre. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sensational disappearing act captured the world's imagination. Crowds stood in line to view the empty space on the museum wall. Thousands more waited, as concerned as if Mona Lisa were a missing person, for news of the lost painting. Almost a century later, questions still linger: Who really pinched Mona Lisa, and why? Part love story, part mystery, \u003ci\u003eVanished Smile\u003c\/i\u003e reopens the puzzling case that transformed a Renaissance portrait into the most enduring icon of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. a. Scotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.54w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307278388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR. A. Scotti is the author of \u003ci\u003eVanished Smile, \u003c\/i\u003ea 2010 Edgar Award nominee, as well as three previous works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eBasilica: The Splendor and the Scandal--Building St. Peter's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938\u003c\/i\u003e, and four novels. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44114209308787,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6dd99531-021d-48de-8ebf-d7a84afada3a.jpg?v=1764162404","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/vanished-smile-the-mysterious-theft-of-the-mona-lisa-9780307278388","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}