Name: the secret supper
SKU: 1842120
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Author: Javier Sierra
ISBN: 9780743287654

Type

Physical Book

Author

Javier Sierra

Translated by

Alberto Manguel

Publisher

Washington Square Press

Language

English

Pages

329

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x2.8 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN

0743287657

ISBN13

9780743287654

Synopsis "the secret supper"

This instant New York Times bestseller reveals the secrets embedded in Leonardo Da Vinci's best-known Christian piece The Last Supper. Milan, 1497: Leonardo is completing The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling--and blasphemous--message that he is driven to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table, and the apostles, shockingly, are portraits of well-known heretics--and none of them are depicted with halos. And why has the artist painted himself into the scene with his back turned toward Jesus? The clues to Leonardo's greatest puzzle are right before your eyes... Tightly paced and atmospheric, The Secret Supper is a dazzling historical thriller with a unique vision of both Leonardo da Vinci's genius and his masterpiece--which you will never look at in the same way again.

Javier Sierra

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Javier Sierra Albert (Teruel, August 11, 1971) is a Spanish writer and journalist known for his historical mystery novels that explore mysteries and enigmas. He is the only contemporary Spanish author to have placed his novels in the top ten of the best-selling books in the United States, according to The New York Times. His works have been translated into more than forty languages, establishing him as a prominent figure in international literature.

Among his most notable works are The Secret Supper (2004), a finalist for the Ciudad de Torrevieja Novel Prize; The Invisible Fire (2017), awarded the Planeta Prize; and The Master Plan (2025), his most recent novel that combines art and mystery.
These novels have been praised for their ability to weave reality and fiction, offering readers intriguing and well-documented stories.

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Alberto Manguel

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Alberto Manguel is a writer, editor, translator, and essayist of Argentine-Canadian descent, born in Buenos Aires on March 13, 1948. Internationally recognized for his profound reflection on reading, books, and libraries, Manguel has dedicated much of his work to exploring the connection between human beings and the written word.

During his youth, he briefly worked as a reader for Jorge Luis Borges, an experience that deeply marked his life and his view of the act of reading. In the 1980s, he moved to Canada, where he became a citizen and developed much of his career as an author. He also lived in other countries, such as France and Germany, and has worked in various roles related to the publishing, academic, and library worlds.

Among his most famous books are A History of Reading (1996), The Library at Night (2006), and The Traveler with the Light Luggage (2011). His work blends personal memory, cultural history, and literary criticism, with a scholarly yet accessible style.

He was the director of the National Library of Argentina from 2016 to 2018. Considered a great contemporary humanist, Manguel continues to be an influential figure in thinking about written culture and reading as a form of knowledge and freedom.

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