Saving Mona Lisa - 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

A propos de l'auteur

Gerri Chanel is a prize-winning freelance journalist. She lived in France for five years, where she began the research for Saving Mona Lisa. She now divides her time between Paris and New York.

Résumé

Thrilling narrative history describing how France’s museum staff protected Leonardo da Vinci’s Joconde – and her famous smile – in World War 2

Commentaire

'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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gerri Chanel
• Edition: Icon Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781785785498
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-549-8
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art; HISTORY / Military / World War II, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Social and cultural history, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General