- Art and the war, Art thefts, Art treasures in war, Cultural policy
A discussion on the theft and collection of great European art in World War 2.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Lynn H. Nicholas
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 498
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Macmillan
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679756866
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First sentence
“On the afternoon of June 30, 1939, a major art auction took place at the elegant Grand Hotel National in the Swiss resort town of Lucerne.”
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