A spellbinding account of the special corps of officers who preserved the masterworks of European art from destruction while World War II raged.
Content Note
Italian art goes to war -- Men must manoeuvre -- Sicilian prelude -- The birth of the Venus fixers -- The conflict of the present and the past -- Treasure hunt -- Florence divided -- A time to rend, a time to sew -- The duellists -- Epilogue: a necessary dream.