Edsel, Robert M.
"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"--