by Robert J. Harris · Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724150192
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«Leonardo e a Máquina da Morte» is the historical adventure novel by Robert J. Harris, published by Edições Asa in paperback (240 pages, in Portuguese).
Young Leonardo da Vinci, an apprentice in Florence, aspires to be an artist, but his master uses him as an errand boy. When his friend Sandro, the future Botticelli, is injured, Leonardo takes his place on a Medici commission and discovers the plans for a deadly machine; he soon becomes embroiled in a plot of death and intrigue.
Originally published in English as «Leonardo and the Death Machine» in 2005, this Portuguese edition appeared in 2007. The novel is part of the «Young Legends» series.
Aimed at a young audience that enjoys mystery and historical action plots.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
