The Rape of Europa - The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books ed)

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it.

From the Nazi purges of "Degenerate Art" and Goering's shopping sprees in occupied Paris to the perilous journey of the Mona Lisa from Paris and the painstaking reclamation of the priceless treasures of liberated Italy, The Rape of Europa is a sweeping narrative of greed, philistinism, and heroism that combines superlative scholarship with a compelling drama.

"Nicholas knows the art world as well as any military historian knows his battlefield.... Her work deserves the widest reading."--New York Times Book Review

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1995
First published:	April 1995
Authors:	Lynn H Nicholas
Dimensions:	203 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	498
Edition:	1st Vintage Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-75686-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-679-75686-8
Barcode:	9780679756866

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