What does the mysterious “Mona Lisa” keep silent about? Art history professor Luc Perronet travels to Florence to uncover the truth about the most famous criminal in his family—Vincenzo Perugge, who more than a century ago, in August 1911, slipped through the dark corridors of the Louvre and removed the “Mona Lisa” from the wall, carrying her away into the Paris night. Miraculously, after two years the painting was back in the Louvre.
Who is behind the theft of the famous painting—and why did it have to be returned?
As he studies the diary of his famous great-grandfather, Luc finds himself pulled into a risky adventure. Perronet has yet to suspect that people involved in stealing and forging works of art are not only unscrupulous—but also dangerous...