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  • Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
  • By: Robert M. Edsel
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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By: Robert M. Edsel
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As Hitler was attempting to conquer the Western world, his armies were methodically pillaging the finest art in Europe, from Michelangelos to Vermeers, all stolen for the Führer.

The Monuments Men had a mandate from President Roosevelt to find these artworks, but no vehicles, typewriters, or authority. In a race against time to save the world’s greatest cultural treasures from destruction at the hands of Nazi fanatics, each man constructed his own treasure map. They used tips, records recovered from bombed buildings, and the secret journals of Rose Valland, a French museum employee who secretly tracked Nazi plunder in Paris.

These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked away from successful careers into the epicentre of the war. This is their story.

©2009 Robert M. Edsel (P)2010 Isis Publishing Ltd

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A Wondrous tale of heroism and humility

This book is a very well written review of a little known part of WWII history. I learnt a great deal about art history and heroism

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The Novocastrian

I enjoyed the book . Jeff Harding is one of my favorir narrators . This being said Jeff don't do an Australian accent ! You sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins trying to be a Cockney. If you must do one please listen to Russell Crow, Keith Urban or Geoffrey Rush. I Ask yourself do they sound like that ? 2 . Just a point of history for Robert .There were no Australian army troops at the Battle of Monte cassino. There were New Zealanders at the battle of Monte Cassino but no Australian ground forces fought there. There may have been some Auzy Air Force involvement in the bombing but definitely no ground troops .

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