Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II by Gerri Chanel

Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II

Gerri Chanel

344 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative fast-paced
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In late August 1939, as war loomed over Europe, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into special red-velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley. Thus began the biggest evacuation of art and antiques in ...

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