Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
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Publisher
London : Icon Books Ltd, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/6509
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 377 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Publication information
Publisher
London : Icon Books Ltd, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
In 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley. As the Germans neared Paris in 1940, the French raced to move the masterpieces again and again during the war. Throughout the German occupation, the Louvre's staff fought to keep the priceless trea...
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Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
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Includes index.
Originally published: New York: Heliopa Press, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-370).
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©2014
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G 2018/6509
Record Identifier
74VKVQQAkZ8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQQAkZ8Z
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ISBN
1785784161
1785784455
9781785784453
9781785784163
DDC
940.53
MMS ID
991024198711302626
