Robert M. Edsel Libri

QUESTA È FORSE L'ULTIMA GRANDE STORIA DELLA SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE CHE NON È MAI STATA RACCONTATA. Una meno conosciuta divisione alleata ricevette l'incarico di trovare e salvare i tesori artistici europei, rubati dai soldati di Hitler nei paesi occupati – dalle opere di Michelangelo e Da Vinci a quelle di van Eyck e Vermeer. I membri di questa unità segreta lavoravano ciascuno per conto proprio dietro le linee nemiche, e il loro unico punto di riferimento erano frammenti di informazioni e allusioni captate. Questi eroi non eroici erano spesso uomini di mezza età, padri di famiglia, che abbandonarono le loro vite tranquille per avventurarsi nel cuore della guerra, dove rischiarono le loro vite – e molti le persero. Incarnano il meglio di una grande generazione, il cui spirito eroico ha tirato fuori il meglio dall'umanità per sconfiggere il peggio del male.

Robert M. Edsel brings the story of his #1 New York Times bestseller for adults The Monuments Men to young readers for the first time in this dynamic, narrative nonfiction project packed with photos. As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of 11 men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers -- museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men -- found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

"As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history's greatest treasure hunt"--