by Alberto Manguel (Translator), Alberto Manguel (Translator), Javier Sierra (Author)
In January of 1497, Fray Augustin Leyre, a Dominican Inquisitor and expert on the interpretation of secret messages, is sent to supervise Leonardo Da Vinci's last touches to "The Last Supper" painting. He was sent by Alejandro VI who had heard that Da Vinci was painting the twelve apostles without their halo of sanctity, that the chalice was missing, and that Leonardo had painted himself in the painting with his back to Jesus. This could have sent him to the inquisition. Why then did he do this? Was Leonardo Da Vinci a heretic? Full of misleading facts and controversies, "The Secret Supper" reveals the truth behind Da Vinci's best-known Christian piece. After finishing this novel, you'll never see "The Last Supper" in the same way again.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: First Edition 2nd Impression
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 06 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0743276299
ISBN 13: 9780743276290