Part 10, Chapter 29

In late August 1911, the Paris-Journal received a letter from a thief who offered to bring them a statue he had stolen from the Louvre. Seeing an opportunity to sell newspapers, the Paris-Journal acquired the statue and put it on display in their front window. The Louvre had not realized it was missing. To keep the story going, the newspaper invited the thief to share his story. He explained how easy it was to walk out with artifacts. Since the Mona Lisa was stolen, he complained, he might have to wait years before “resuming [his] activities” (162). The thief, Géry Pieret, operated on a very small scale, but he was connected to important people, including a painter on the cusp of prominence, whose career would be threatened by the investigation into the theft of the Mona Lisa.

Part 10, Chapter 29 Summary: “A Statue Stolen from the Louvre”

Part 10, Chapter 30

The Mona Lisa’s rise was a “centuries-long saga” (164). One of the strangest stories to emerge from it is that of Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apollinaire Kostrowicki, who was known in Paris as Guillaume Apollinaire. He came to Paris and became a poet in the modern new <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/style/">style</a>. He grew close to a Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso, who had arrived in Paris in 1900 and was revolutionizing <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.

Part 10, Chapter 30 Summary: “The Esteemed Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apollinaire Kostrowicki”

Part 10, Chapter 31

Part 10, Chapter 31 Summary: “Two Statues and a Pistol”

Part 10, Chapter 32

Part 10, Chapter 32 Summary: “Dr. No (Part 2)”

Part 10, Chapter 33

Part 10, Chapter 33 Summary: “The Enemy Within”

Part 10, Chapter 34

Part 10, Chapter 34 Summary: “The Man Who Had Stolen the Mona Lisa”

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Part 11, Chapter 35 Summary: “Rome, 1513”

Part 11, Chapter 36

Part 11, Chapter 36 Summary: “France, 1516”

Part 11, Chapter 37

Part 11, Chapter 37 Summary: “Paris, 1850”

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Part 12, Chapter 38 Summary: “There Is No Ground to Hope”

Part 12, Chapter 39

Part 12, Chapter 39 Summary: “Leonard”

Part 12, Chapter 40

Part 12, Chapter 40 Summary: “A Mangled Hat, A Mandolin”

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Part 12, Chapter 41 Summary: “A Housepainter”

Part 12, Chapter 42

Part 12, Chapter 42 Summary: “No Word Spoken but Gioconda”

Part 12, Chapter 43

Part 12, Chapter 43 Summary: “A Noble Mistake”

Part 12, Chapter 44

Part 12, Chapter 44 Summary: “The Marquis”

Part 13, Chapter 45

Part 13, Chapter 45 Summary: “Last Words”

Part 13, Chapter 46

Part 13, Chapter 46 Summary: “The Soup”

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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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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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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”

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

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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”

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