The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa

by Robert Noah

On August 21, 1911, the world's most celebrated painting, the Mona Lisa, was stolen from the Louvre in a plot that was not revealed until the 1930s. Weaving from the threads of this fantastic batch of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312169167
• ISBN13: 9780312169169
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Gripping Plot, well-Told

Nearly a hundred years after it occurred, is when I first heard the Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre. No details. You'd expect something that big to show up in the news, and it might have been a prominent story except that it was overshadowed by the news of the Titanic at the time. The plot of the disappearance of the Mona Lisa painting didn't surface until the 1930s. I enjoyed reading "The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa" by Robert Noah. Con man Marquis Eduardo de Valfierno assembles his cast of cohorts to commit the notorious art heist. The thrill of the chase keeps the story entertaining from start to finish. The details are intriguing throughout. A gripping plot, well-told.

"Charming"

I was completely amazed with the writing in this book. Noah is an exceptional writer. I can hardly wait for the next one.

Light, fast tale of a grand theft and those involved

The story is of course, about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1912. What the book is really about is the people who perpetrated the crime. This is a fairly good book, a fast read with no spiritual crises, deep insight, or anything else of that sort to drag it down. I enjoyed the pre theft stories of the master thief and conman, the Marquis de Valfierno, and how he elegantly swindled his "clients."