Robert M. Edsel Knihy

Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE, BOB BALABAN, JEAN DUJARDIN and DIMITRI LEONIDAS. What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely group of heroes? What if I told you there was a group of men on the front lines who didn't carry machine guns or drive tanks; a new kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying. From caves to castles in a thrilling race against time, these men risked their lives daily to save hundreds of thousands of the world's greatest works of art. THEY were the Monuments Men, and THIS is their extraordinary true story. 'Remarkable' Washington Post 'Engaging, inspiring' Publishers Weekly

"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"--

Quando le armate di Hitler occuparono l'Italia nel 1943, presero anche il controllo dei più grandi tesori culturali dell'umanità. Come avevano fatto in tutta Europa, i nazisti potevano ora depredare i capolavori del Rinascimento, i tesori del Vaticano e le antichità dell'Impero Romano. Alla vigilia dell'invasione alleata, il generale Dwight Eisenhower autorizzò un nuovo tipo di soldato a proteggere queste ricchezze storiche. Nel maggio del 1944, due improbabili eroi americani - l'artista Deane Keller e lo studioso Fred Hartt - partirono da Napoli per una caccia al tesoro senza precedenti, rintracciando miliardi di dollari di opere d'arte scomparse, tra cui opere di Michelangelo, Donatello, Tiziano, Caravaggio e Botticelli.