A review by mo_whales
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis

informative medium-paced

3.5

This was my bedtime book for a few weeks. Bedtime books differ from daytime books because they are juuuuuuust boring enough to make you sleepy and interesting enough to keep your attention but not keep you awake to see what happens. This was an excellent bedtime book.

The fact that any painting has sold for half a billion dollars is crazy, especially since there has been such debate around its authenticity, provenance, and because of the number of period works that were also once thought to be genuine.

I liked this book a lot but it is going to make you drowsy. It is pretty slow going but ultimately very interesting and well researched.