The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History - Couverture rigide

Edsel, Robert M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1599951495 ISBN 13 : 9781599951492

Editeur : Center Street, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Edsel Robert M

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE, BOB BALABAN, JEAN DUJARDIN and DIMITRI LEONIDAS.
What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely group of heroes?
What if I told you there was a group of men on the front lines who didn’t carry machine guns or drive tanks; a new kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying.
From caves to castles in a thrilling race against time, these men risked their lives daily to save hundreds of thousands of the world’s greatest works of art.
THEY were the Monuments Men, and THIS is their extraordinary true story.

‘Remarkable’ Washington Post

‘Engaging, inspiring’ Publishers Weekly

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert Edsel began his career in the oil and gas exploration business. In 1996 he moved to Europe to pursue his interests in the arts. Settling in Florence seeing some of the great works, he wondered how all of the monuments and art treasures survived the devastation of World War II. During the ensuing years, he devoted himself to finding the answer. In the process, he commissioned major research that has resulted in this book. Robert also coproduced the related documentary film, The Rape of Europa, and wrote Rescuing Da Vinci, a photographic history of an art heist of epic proportions and the Allied rescue effort. The author lives in Dallas.

Bret Witter cowrote the bestseller Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Grand Central, 2008). He lives in Louisville, KY.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Center Street
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1599951495
• ISBN 13: 9781599951492
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 496