History of loot and stolen art : from antiquity until the present day /

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The author of this enthralling book aims to present a well-illustrated and documented alternative history of the Western World through graphic accounts of looting and art theft from the time of Sargon, ruler of Syria in 721 BC, to the present day. Almost all the principal players included appear on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindsay, Ivan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Unicorn Press Ltd, 2014.
Temas:
Art thefts > History.
Vol d'objets d'art > Histoire.
Art thefts
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Frontispiece; Publisher information; Acknowledgments; Principal players; Body matter; Preface; Introduction; 1
  • Ancients, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Moors and Charlemagne; 2
  • The Crusades and the sack of Constantinople; 3
  • The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Renaissance and the dissolution of the monasteries; 4
  • Spanish colonisation of the Americas, Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes; 5
  • Sir Francis Drake; 6
  • The emergence of Sweden; 7
  • Cromwell's disposal of the collections of Charles I; 8
  • Napoleon; 9
  • Greece and Lord Elgin.
  • 10
  • Egypt11
  • The British Museum and punitive expeditions against Ashanti and Benin; 12
  • World War II, Hitler, Goering and the other Nazi leaders; 13
  • 1945, the Soviets and Stalin; 14
  • 1945, the US army; 15
  • 1945-2009; Conclusion; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available.

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