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Leonardo da Vinci Biography
The Life of the Renaissance Artist and Inventor Who Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, With His Notebooks, Machines, Rivals and Last Years in France ExplainedBy Imad Muratspahic
Length2h 51m
About this audiobook
He painted the most famous portrait on Earth, and he finished almost nothing. He filled thousands of pages with backward-running notes, drew flying machines that never flew and bodies no one had drawn before, and left Florence, Milan, Rome and finally France with a trail of half-finished masterpieces behind him. Who was Leonardo, really? Leonardo da Vinci Biography is a short, readable narrative of one life, from a notary's illegitimate son born in a Tuscan hill village in 1452 to an aging master living as a guest of the King of France. It is a life story, not a broad survey of the Italian Renaissance and not an art-history course: you follow the man, his patrons, his rivals and his working habits, and at every turn the book tells you what is documented, what is reported by people who knew him, and what is only legend. Inside, you'll discover: Written for curious newcomers, with plain English, short chapters, a timeline, a who's-who, a glossary and a myths-versus-facts list in the Quick Reference, this is a clear first book on Leonardo for readers, travelers and students who want the true shape of the life before they stand in front of the paintings.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length2 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Leonardo da Vinci Biography
2Important Notice
3Why Leonardo Still Draws a Crowd
4Chapter 1: Born in the Hills of Vinci
5Chapter 2: An Angel in Verrocchio's Workshop
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6Chapter 3: Milan: The Engineer Who Also Painted
7Chapter 4: The Last Supper and the Wall That Would Not Hold
8Chapter 5: The Notebooks: Pages Written Backward
9Chapter 6: Wandering Years and the Battle on the Wall
10Chapter 7: Mona Lisa: Portrait of a Merchant's Wife
11Chapter 8: Dissecting the Body, Reading the Water
12Chapter 9: Rome: Rivals, Raphael and a Pope's Brother
13Chapter 10: Amboise: Last Years in a French Manor
14Chapter 11: Built or Only Drawn? The Machines
15Chapter 12: Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became Famous
16What Leonardo Leaves Us
17Quick Reference: Timeline, Who's Who, Glossary, Myths and Sources
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