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The Venus Fixers: the Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II
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Product Description: In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II.In the midst of the conflict, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments officers―a motley group of art historians, curators, architects, and artists―to ensure that the great masterworks of European art and architecture were not looted or bombed into oblivion...read more
By Ilaria Dagnini Brey
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Hardcover:

9780374283094 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 4, 2009, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In 1943, with the world convulsed by war and a Fascist defeat in Europe far from certain, a few visionaries—civilians and soldiers alike—saw past questions of life and death to realize that victory wasn’t the only thing at stake.

Paperback:

9780312429904 | 1 edition (Picador USA, June 22, 2010), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II.

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