The Lost Chalice

Informationen zum Autor Vernon Silver's distinguished reporting on art and culture has appeared in the New York Times , the Boston Globe , Spy magazine, and other publications. An Oxford-trained archaeologist and award-winning journalist, he studied Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and is a senior writer at Bloomberg News in Rome. Klappentext Sotheby's. New York City. On a warm June evening, with the auction-house showroom crammed with the wealthy, the curious, and the press, history was made when an anonymous man in a green golf sweater paid three quarters of a million dollars to win a 2,500-year-old chalice—the Greek artist Euphronios's wine cup depicting the death of Zeus's son Sarpedon at Troy. After that night, this historical artifact disappeared, its whereabouts a mystery. Until now . In this breathtaking tale of adventure and intrigue, archaeologist and journalist Vernon Silver pieces together the extraordinary tale of the lost cup and offers a portrait of the modern antiquities trade: a world of smugglers, wealthy collectors, ambitious archaeologists, rapacious dealers, corrupt curators, and international law enforcement. Epic and thrilling, The Lost Chalice is a driving true-life detective story that illuminates a big-money, high-stakes, double-dealing world, which is as fascinating as it is unforgettable. Zusammenfassung “A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world’s most prestigious museums….A terrific read, from start to finish.” —James L. Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt   An Oxford-trained archaeologist and award-winning journalist based in Rome, Vernon Silver brings us The Lost Chalice, the electrifying true story of the race to secure a priceless, 2,500-year-old cup depicting the fall of Troy—a lost treasure crafted by Euphronios, an artist widely considered “the Leonardo Da Vinci of ancient Greece.” A gripping, real life mystery, The Lost Chalice gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of great museums and antiquities collections—exposing a world of greed, backstabbing, and double-dealing. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vernon Silver
• Editore: William Morrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.06.2010
• EAN: 9780061558290
• ISBN: 978-0-06-155829-0
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 205 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Europe, True Crime, Indigenous Peoples, History of Art, History of Science, Modernism, Ancient World, Relating to indigenous peoples, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, General and world history, Individual artists, art monographs, Performance Art, Gender studies: women and girls, Espionage and secret services, Book design and Bookbinding, Classical style, BCE period – Protohistory, History / Ancient, Criminal law: procedure and offences, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: General, ART: Individual Artists / General, ART: History / General, HISTORY: Modern / General, TRUE CRIME: Historical, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: ANCIENT, ART: History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)