The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II /
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 aston...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Picador,
2010.
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Edition: | First Picador edition. |
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3rd Floor
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N6911 .B74 2010 |
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