At Clos Lucé, Nathalie Cabrol signs “Dimensions” on 5 September, reservation required

A literary meeting at the heart of Leonardo da Vinci’s final home

On 5 September 2026, Château du Clos Lucé welcomes Nathalie A. Cabrol for a meeting devoted to “Dimensions,” her first novel. The event offers an exchange with the author about this techno-thriller linking Leonardo da Vinci’s legacy with a contemporary plot. The choice of venue echoes the book’s starting point, set in 1519, the year Leonardo da Vinci died, leaving behind a final secret.

The meeting takes place at Château du Clos Lucé, presented as Leonardo da Vinci’s final home. In Amboise, the site usually invites visitors to explore the artist’s world through the château, the park and galleries devoted to him. This literary session therefore places a work of fiction in an environment directly associated with Leonardo da Vinci’s final years in France.

“Dimensions,” a thriller in which hidden notebooks resurface

In “Dimensions,” Nathalie A. Cabrol imagines that Leonardo da Vinci concealed notebooks filled with visions and warnings that haunted him at the end of his life. Five centuries later, the reappearance of these documents triggers a race around the world. The novel thus makes Leonardo da Vinci’s work and the secrets attributed to him the initial driving force of a vast investigation.

The plot takes on another dimension when three extraterrestrial objects crash in the Andes. Covered in strange symbols, they point back to Leonardo da Vinci’s secret and herald a threat that cannot be ignored. The story combines historical mystery, science fiction and detective suspense, while those who get close to this mystery risk their lives.

Clos Lucé describes “Dimensions” as a techno-thriller between Carl Sagan and Dan Brown. This presentation sets the tone for the meeting: the author will discuss a novel in which questions relating to space and extraterrestrial life intersect with a taste for mysteries, hidden traces and Leonardo da Vinci’s history. The setting in Amboise gives special resonance to this fiction built around a secret left by the Italian master.

Nathalie A. Cabrol, from scientific research to fiction

Nathalie A. Cabrol is Scientific Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California. “Dimensions” is her first novel. The meeting will give the public an opportunity to discover an author whose career is rooted in scientific research and who has written a work of fiction centred on extraterrestrial objects, symbols and a threat to decipher.

The event is announced as an exceptional meeting with Nathalie A. Cabrol. Rather than a simple book presentation, it highlights dialogue between the public and the author, before the signing session scheduled at the end of the exchange. The format provides an opportunity to revisit the world of “Dimensions” in the very place where Leonardo da Vinci’s history remains at the heart of the visit.

A signing session from 2.30 pm to 4 pm

The literary meeting is scheduled from 2.30 pm to 4 pm. It includes a meeting followed by a signing session. Clos Lucé specifies that the event is held by reservation, at [email protected]. This is the practical requirement given for taking part in this event with Nathalie A. Cabrol.

The stated price is included with your admission ticket. The meeting is therefore part of Clos Lucé’s visitor offering, where the public can also explore the château, Leonardo da Vinci Park and the Leonardo da Vinci Painter and Architect Galleries. The site indicates a recommended duration of 1.5 to 3 hours for the Château, Park and Galleries as a whole.

An event in a site devoted to Leonardo da Vinci’s world

Clos Lucé offers a visitor route devoted to Leonardo da Vinci, his French history and his inventions. The cultural park notably allows visitors to see reconstructed machines, while the galleries explore Leonardo’s facets as painter and architect. Nathalie A. Cabrol’s visit introduces another way of approaching the artist: as a figure at the centre of a story of anticipation and secrets.

In “Dimensions,” the past is not merely a setting. The notebooks attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the symbols inscribed on the objects that fell in the Andes, and the threat they announce connect several eras and territories. The 5 September meeting offers the chance to enter this world with its author, before having the book signed.