The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War - Brossura

Nicholas, Lynn H.

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ISBN 10: 0679756868 ISBN 13: 9780679756866

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995

Riassunto

A carefully researched volume recounts the Third Reich's war on European culture and reveals the roles of such figures as Hitler, Hermann Goering, Gertrude Stein, and Marc Chagall. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione:

"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

"At once fascinating and horrifying [with] a strong element of spine-chilling suspense."- Los Angeles Times

"Intriguing..suspenseful...a sensational story of moral courage and greatness of character in the face of pure evil." -Houston Chronicle

"Impressively detailed and well-told...full of moving and fateful stories of escape, intrigue, betrayal, and sacrifice."-San Francisco Chronicle

L'autore:

Lynn H. Nicholas was born in New London. Connecticut.  She was educated in the United States, England, and Spain, and received her B.A. from Oxford University. After her return to the United States she worked for several years at the National Gallery of Art.  While living in Belgium in the early 1980s, she began research for this book, her first.  Ms. Nicholas and her husband live in Washington, D.C.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679756868
• ISBN 13: 9780679756866
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 512