The Secret Supper

A Novel

By: Javier Sierra

Narrated by: Simon Jones

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.©2006 Javier Sierra; (P)2006 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Audioworks is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division

Excellent!

Loved it! Excellent story and narration! I couldn't wait to listen to the next CD. Finally bought it on Audible.

A delightful Surprise

When I read some of the reviews of this book I was prepared for a mediocre listening experience, but as my wife and I listened we found the story and the performance excellent. The characters were rich, and the historical setting very interesting, and the story captivating to the very end! The reader was very animated and had different voices that seemed to fit each characters very well. I do wish I had a copy of DaVinci's Last Supper and his other paintings with me when we were listening. If you are interested in art, history, mystery or religion you will find them all alive and well here!

Not Dan Brown....thank goodness!

If you are looking for Davinci Code II - this isn't it. BUT - if you are really interested in a glimpse of what may have been going on in the Great One's fabulous mind you will enjoy this book. Historical fiction that challenges the mind!

It's a good read.. but not DaVinci Code 2

If you are expecting a Dan Brown type DaVinci Code book, this is not the book for you.

If you are looking for a book written from the view point from the time of DaVinci as he painted the Last Supper and what events MAY have influenced the great painter, then you will find this book interesting.

I found it very interesting as I like historical fiction. It is set in DaVinci's time, the story line surrounds Monks and Noblemen. The action is less physical and more entwined in innuendo and suspicions.

It's a good book for those who enjoy getting into the mind set of that long ago time. But I would NOT recommend it for someone looking for the standard Male/Female team running from the persistent gunman out to silence their hidden truth/deadly secret type of thing.

This book is more about what could have been and how it could have become that way, rather than a modern day unlocking an ancient truth hidden for centuries.

Depending on what you are expecting to get from this book, it will either be a very good read, or lack luster.

I was not expecting DaVinci Code part 2, and love historically based stories. Thus for me, this book was exactly what I wanted it to be. I am very happy with it.

What a story

I didn't read or see Dan Brown's Da Vinci's Code so I was starting with an open mind. This is the type of book which captures you and makes you want to listen for a few minutes more each time you take time to listen. The beginning and ending fit together and leaves the listener wondering "could this really have happened as described?" Just a great listen.