Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
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Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2013.
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G 2013/2872
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Section I. Inception. Changing of the guard -- A new type of soldier -- "Bombs and words" -- The experiment begins -- Growing pains -- A new order -- A troubled bunch -- Gifts -- Section II. Struggle. The first test -- Close call -- Refuge -- Life on the road -- Treasure hunt -- Surprises -- Guardia...
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Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2013.
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Summary
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...
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Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.
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c2013.
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G 2013/2872
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74VKPw5AyJdM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPw5AyJdM
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ISBN
0393082415 (hbk.)
9780393082418 (hbk.)
DDC
940.5345
MMS ID
991019498269702626
