Présentation de l'éditeur
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.
Revue de presse
'THE SECRET SUPER, which has sold more than 500,000 copies in Europe, is set to rival THE DA VINCI CODE for conspiracy theories about one of the most famous figures in art history' NEWS, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 5/02
'Another religous conspiracy thriller -- THE SECRET SUPPER looks set to sweep the world' GUARDIAN 6/02
'[this] has sold 500,000 copies and is being fought over by studios eager to emulate THE DA VINCI CODE phenomenon' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 5/02
'Javier Sierra, unlike Dan Brown, is familar with the Catholic Church and does not calumniate its institutions . . . THE SECRET SUPPER asks more of its reader than THE DA VINCI CODE does' TABLET 4/2
'It differs [from Dan Brown] in featuring not present-day investigators, but a monkish sleuth in Italy in 1497. Agostino Leyre, a Dominican inquisitor, is sent to Milan to look into rumours of a heretical movement whose initiates may include the Duke of Milan and Da Vinci, working on The Last Supper ... the passages on art are provocative and absorbing' SUNDAY TIMES 18/06
Quatrième de couverture
Mystery. Intriuge. Death.
Can you crack the code?
Biographie de l'auteur
Javier Sierra lives in Spain, where he is a celebrated radio and television presenter, and author.
