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Part 1: “A Star is Born: In Which the Mona Lisa Is Painted, Is Stolen, and Becomes an Absolute Legend” - Part 3: “Tell Me, Tell Me, Tell Me: In Which Leonardo Is Born, Leaves Home, Learns to Paint, and Spends His Time Wondering What the Moon Is Made of”

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes Parts 1-3 Summary & Analysis

Part 4: “The Mona Lisa Is Nowhere, the Mona Lisa Is Everywhere: In Which the Mona Lisa Refuses to Show Her Face and the New Science of Policing Goes on Trial” - Part 6: “The Consummate Professional: In Which the Louvre Reopens to Massive Crowds and the Police Go in Search of a Dead Man”

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Part 7: “Marry or Else: In Which Blood Flows Through Florence’s Streets and the Mona Lisa Almost Slips Through History’s Fingers” - Part 9: “An Improbable Series of Improbable Events: In Which Leonardo Gets a Job and Lisa Gherardini, Against All Odds, Becomes the Mona Lisa”

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes Parts 7-9 Summary & Analysis

Part 10: “A Wild and Perfect Pair: In Which Louis Lépine Finds an International Gang of Thieves and a Monkey” - Part 13: “The Afterlife: In Which Vincenzo Perugia Opens a Paint Store and Leonardo da Vinci Eats a Bowl of Soup”

Part 10-Epilogue

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity