Vanished Smile (28 page)

R. A. Scotti is the author of four novels and three works of non-fiction:
Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal
—
Building St. Peter's; Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938;
and
Cradle Song
. She lives in New York City.

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2009 by R. A. Scotti

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Grateful acknowledgment is made to Anvil Press Poetry for permission
to reprint an excerpt from “The Little Car” from
Guillaume
Apollinaire: Selected Poems
, translated by Oliver Bernard
(London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2004). Reprinted by
permission of Anvil Press Poetry.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Milton Esterow for permission
to use translations of French newspapers from his book,
The Art Stealers
.

Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks
of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Scotti, R. A.
Vanished smile: the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa /
RA. Scotti—1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-27154-9
i. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa.
2. Art thefts—France—Paris. I. Title.
ND623 L5A7 2009 759.5—dc22 2OO8047851

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