The Lost Mona Lisa - by R.A.Scotti, read by Nickolas Grace.

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The Lost Mona Lisa by R.A.Scotti read by Nickolas Grace. abridged by Penny Leicester Producer: Duncan Minshull Broadcast Monday 20 to Friday 24 April 2009 (Book Of The Week) 160/44; 80 MB total; sound quality excellent R A Scotti reconstructs the time in 1911 when the most famous painting in the world, The Mona Lisa, went missing. The painting was gone for many hours before its disappearance was detected, making the authorities of the Louvre look silly. It incriminated the young Picasso and also spawned speculation, gossip and panic on a huge scale, while the facts behind the theft itself were revealed as nothing less than audacious. Part 1 - In the Salon Carre there is a gap on the wall where the painting once hung. Part 2 - In the uproar that ensues, a young Picasso finds himself under suspicion. Part 3 - Why has the painting beguiled us through the ages? 1-3 of 5 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jane Anderson, Radio Times reviewer: The year is 1911. Captain Scott is starting his journey to the Pole, the first unsinkable liner is being built in Belfast, and the most famous painting in the world is being stolen in Paris. Author RA Scotti's book reconstructs the theft of the Mona Lisa in intricate detail, while setting it in the context of the other key events of the time. When the painting slipped out of her frames, she seemed to change from a missing masterpiece into a missing person. But what vile miscreant - or miscreants - were behind her abduction?