The Secret Supper - by Javier Sierra (Paperback)

About the Book

Already an international phenomenon, this riveting novel from a bestselling author in the Spanish-speaking world depicts a deadly game of wits between the brilliant but religiously suspect Leonardo Da Vinci and a Dominican inquisitor who is intent on bringing him to trial for heresy.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"A fascinating yarn and very well told.... Speaks volumes about Leonardo's mastery with a brush." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"A most satisfying entertainment....The monastic life has not been depicted as vividly by any novelist since Umberto Eco's bestselling Name of the Rose." -- Daily News (New York)

"For fans of religious conspiracy and reinterpretations of religious history." -- The Washington Post

"Offers a new way of interpreting The Last Supper...[and] a fresh contribution to the da Vinci industry." -- Publishers Weekly

"Sierra's narrative moves smoothly, fluidly...[and makes] art history palatable and exciting." -- Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Javier Sierra, whose works have been translated into forty languages, is the author of The Lost Angel, The Lady in Blue, and the New York Times bestselling novel The Secret Supper. One of the most accomplished authors on the Spanish literary scene, Sierra studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid. El Maestro del Prado spent a year on the bestseller list in Spain, gaining the admiration of art experts, aficionados, and critics. A native of Teruel, Spain, he currently lives in Madrid with his wife and two children.