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Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Robert M. Edsel
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Paperback. What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely group of heroes? What if I told you there was a group of men on the front lines who didn't carry machine guns or drive tanks; a new kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying. This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; ABK; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
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What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely group of heroes?
What if I told you there was a group of men on the front lines who didn’t carry machine guns or drive tanks; a new kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying.
From caves to castles in a thrilling race against time, these men risked their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848091030
SKU
9781848091030
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99-1
About Robert M. Edsel
Robert M. Edsel is the author of the non-fiction books, Rescuing Da Vinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, and the new book Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis, which tells the dramatic story of the Monuments Men in Italy during the Allied invasion of ... Read more
Reviews for Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
After World War Two I served as a British member of the 'Monuments' section in Germany. Our task, I believe, was truly important - we were restoring to Europe evidence of its own civilization, which the War seemed virtually to have destroyed - and I was lucky to have had a chance to participate. It is excellent that Mr Edsel ... Read more