by Robert M. Edsel · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423347636
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Discover the fascinating adventure of the art warriors who prevented the Nazi cultural looting. This book tells how, during World War II, a group of brave men and women, known as the 'Monuments Men', embarked on a race against time to save cultural treasures from destruction and systematic looting by the Nazis. Risking their lives, these unlikely heroes tracked down and recovered stolen works of art, protecting abbeys, churches and other historic buildings from the ravages of war, ensuring that the artistic legacy of civilization was not lost forever.
Robert Morse Edsel is an American businessman and author. He has written five non-fiction books: Rescuing Da Vinci (2006); The Monuments Men (2007); Saving Italy (2013); The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2019); and Remember Us (2025). A film based on his book, The Monuments Men, directed by and starring George Clooney, was released in February 2014.
