I was Vermeer : the legend of the forger who swindled the Nazis
Wynne, Frank2007
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This account of greed, hubris, excess, treason and fine art tells the story of a failed artist and the greatest forger of all time, who executed a swindle which both earned him money and the unwanted attention of the Nazis, as well as the eventual acclaim of the very critics who had mocked him.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Collation:
x, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index.
ISBN:
9780747566816 (pbk)
Dewey class:
702.874092
Language:
English
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BRN:
308925