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How the Mona Lisa Crossed an Ocean to Die on an Indian Beach
How the Mona Lisa Crossed an Ocean to Die on an Indian Beach
Danger and national pride collide: a flagship built to prove a country still mattered carried the Mona Lisa across the Atlantic and later ended its life on a beach in Gujarat being torn apart for scrap - how did a vessel that never lost a passenger become a political corpse, and who was held accountable for the eight crew members killed in a boiler explosion?
In this episode, you will hear how France was conceived as a national statement, the lavish scale of her interiors and service, the Mona Lisa's transatlantic crossing in a…
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