The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century – A New York Times Bestseller - Couverture souple

Dolnick, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060825421 ISBN 13 : 9780060825423

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2009

Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller

“Dolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century. And in doing so Dolnick plumbs the nature of fraud itself . . . an incomparable page turner.” —Boston Globe

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger’s Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in psychological manipulation, and he came within inches of fooling the world. Instead, he landed in an Amsterdam court on trial for his life. The Forger’s Spell is the gripping, true tale of this almost perfect crime.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edward Dolnick is the author of Down the Great Unknown, The Forger’s Spell, and the Edgar Award-winning The Rescue Artist. A former chief science writer at the Boston Globe, he lives with his wife near Washington, D.C.

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As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johannes Vermeer; the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him years later; and the con man's mark, Hermann Goering, the fanatical art collector and one of Nazi Germany's most reviled leaders.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060825421
• ISBN 13: 9780060825423
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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