Leonardo Da Vinci: A Stroke Of Genius

Even though he's been dead for nearly 500 years Leonardo Da Vinci is still full of surprises. Everybody knows he painted the Mona Lisa and designed the first-ever flying machine, but in this Horribly Famous title readers can find out everything they didn't know including how he was fascinated by cutting up human bodies.Everybody knows that Leonardo da Vinci was an artist - that he was the mastermind behind the infamous Mona Lisa and designed the first-ever flying machine. But did you also know that da Vinci: - spent a decade making a clay horse? - had his very own pet dragon? - loved to wear pink? Full of rivalries between artists, incredible inventions and passages from Leonardo's lost notebook, discover everything you ever wanted to know about the man with the paintbrush!