{"product_id":"provenance-paperback-1","title":"Provenance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Delacourt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1993. Christina Perretti, working as an investigator with Interpol's new art crimes unit out of Rome, discovers, through the recovery of a lost Egon Schiele painting in Moscow, a cache of notes from a notorious Berlin art dealer for the Nazis, Harry Maes. The notes are addressed to his son Nikolaus, but they concern the provenance of a number of paintings believed to have been in Maes's possession at the time of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Perretti seeks to recover these works, all presumed to be stolen from Jewish families during the Second World War, she discovers a decades-old plot to save some of the Vatican's greatest treasures from the Nazis and a web of intrigue and murder involving those seeking to profit from the burgeoning grey and black markets in the former Eastern Bloc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvenance\u003c\/em\u003e pieces together one family's legacy, what was lost and recovered at the moment once thought to mark the end of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Provenance is a novel that reads like the best trade non-fiction. It is thoroughly researched, entirely plausible and feels like it could be a true story. There are treasures stolen by, and hidden from, the Nazis still out there, waiting to be found. Here's an intelligent classic-in-the-making on just that theme.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Dr Noah Charney, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling author of The 12-Hour Art Expert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405357072562,"sku":"9781990496103","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5de4038aec4d1375516e8d6f881d95ca.webp?v=1778183254","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/provenance-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}