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Source ISBN: 9780008313418
Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008313432
Version: 2019-04-15
Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Dedication
5 Contents
6 Epigraphs
7 Prologue: The Legend of Leonardo
8 PART I
9 1 Flight to London
10 2 The Walnut Knot
11 3 Buried Treasure
12 4 Paper, Chalk, Lapis
13 5 Zing!
14 6 The Blue Clue
15 7 Vinci, Vincia, Vinsett
16 PART II
17 8 The King’s Painting
18 9 Little Leonardos
19 10 The Salvator Switch
20 11 The Resurrection
21 12 Lost in a Crowd
22 13 The High Council
23 14 Entertainer and Engineer
24 15 The Greatest Show on Earth
25 16 Look, Cook Forsook
26 PART III
27 17 Offshore Icon
28 18 LDV RIP
29 19 Nineteen Minutes
30 20 There is a House in New Orleans
31 21 Mirage in the Desert
32 22 Fragile State
33 Afterword
34 Picture Section
35 Acknowledgements
36 Notes
37 Bibliography
38 Index
39 About the Author
40 About the Publisher
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