The Venus fixers, the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II, Ilaria Dagnini Brey
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The Venus fixers, the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II, Ilaria Dagnini Brey
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index
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non fiction
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The Venus fixers
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bibliography
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475447653
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Ilaria Dagnini Brey
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the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II
Summary
Often working as shellfire exploded around them, the Monuments Officers of Italy shored up tottering palaces and cathedrals, safeguarded Michelangelos and Giottos, and even blocked a Nazi convoy of stolen paintings bound for Göring's birthday celebration. Sometimes they failed. But to an astonishing degree they succeeded, and their story is an unparalleled adventure with the gorgeous tints of a Botticelli as its backdrop. --from publisher description
Table Of Contents
Italian art goes to war -- Men must manoeuvre -- Sicilian prelude -- The birth of the Venus fixers -- The conflict of the present and the past -- Treasure hunt -- Florence divided -- A time to rend, a time to sew -- The duellists -- Epilogue: a necessary dream
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