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Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis Cover Image Book Book

Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis Robert M. Edsel.

Edsel, Robert M. (Author).

Summary:

Describes two Americans in Italy--one an artist, the other a scholar--who tracked down and protected historic artwork worth billions by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli in advance of the approaching Nazi army in 1943.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393348804 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780393082418 (hc.) :
  • Physical Description: xxii, 454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.

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