Saving Mona Lisa- EXPORT EDITION - The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis

French-focused companion piece to the Robert Edsel book (and George Clooney movie) The Monuments Men.When first self-published in 2014, it received several independent publishing awards, including the IndieReader Discovery Award for non-fiction, an Independent Publisher bronze medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Silver Book Award.Lavishly illustrated throughout with nearly 100 photographs of the period.''Reads like a thriller'' - TLS

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'Gerri Chanel's account of how France preserved its art from both the destruction of war and the pillaging of the German occupiers reads like a thriller' Caroline Moorehead TLS

Product details

• Authors: Gerri Chanel
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2018
• EAN: 9781785784453
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-445-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); HISTORY / Military / World War II, ART / History / General, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General