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01911aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 CAE641E2673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231010010145 008 191120t20192019enkab e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1785785494 020 $a 9781785785498 035 $a (OCoLC)1136488276 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ZGY $d OCL $d YDX $d UKMGB $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 082 04 $a 940.5344 $2 23 100 1 $a Chanel, Gerri, $e author. 245 10 $a Saving Mona Lisa : $b the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / $c Gerri Chanel. 264 1 $a London : $b Icon Books Ltd, $c 2019. 300 $a xix, 377 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Previously published in the USA in 2014 by Heliopa Press, LLC, New York. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley as part of the biggest museum evacuation in history. Over the next six years, directors and staff would risk their jobs and in many cases their lives to protect the artworks and the Louvre palace not only from the personal appetites of the Nazi leaders but also from bombing, fire, flood, theft, and the viciousness of German military reprisals. This is the sweeping, suspenseful narrative of their battle. 610 20 $a MuseÌe du Louvre $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Art treasures in war $z France $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Art and the war. 650 0 $a Cultural property $x History $z France $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a France $x History $y German occupation, 1940-1945. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021823.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CAE641E2673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search