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Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes--artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt--embarked from Naples on the tresure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars...
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Back Bay media tie-in edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"...In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this acclaimed book follows six Monument Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis."--
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