Death of an Old Master: No.3 - Rilegato

Dickinson, David

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1841196045 ISBN 13: 9781841196046

Casa editrice: Constable, 2004

Riassunto

In May 1901 the Salisbury Galleries of New Bond Street announce the biggest exhibition of Old Master paintings ever seen in Europe. But three weeks before it opens one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found murdered in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds that every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Prior to his death, Montague was working on something that would have rocked the art world and ruined the Salisbury Galleries. Did his recent article that claimed a number of Old Masters had been painted by a single hand, working in the last ten years, have anything to do with his untimely death?

Powerscourt embarks on a journey through the often treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers, in pursuit of a master forger. With Lady Lucy he crosses the Atlantic to America where the trail goes cold: but after the glamour, excitement and danger of New York Powerscourt picks up the chase in a derelict Norfolk mansion, where the truth is finally revealed.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Original or fake - masterpiece or forgery?

L'autore:

David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Constable
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1841196045
• ISBN 13: 9781841196046
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288