The Secret Supper

Download or read book The Secret Supper written by Javier Sierra and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milan, 1497: Leonardo da Vinci is completing his masterpiece, The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling -- and blasphemous -- message, which he is determined to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table and, shockingly, the apostles are portraits of well-known heretics -- none of them 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....