Stealing Rembrandts: the untold stories of notorious art heists

Art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world. Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major art heists of the Dutch Master in the last century, tracking daring entries into and escapes from the world's most renowned museums, and robbers who coolly walk off with multimillion dollar paintings. ANTHONY M. AMORE is a Columnist with the Boston Herald and the Head of Security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, USA, since 2005, where he is charged with efforts to recover 13 works of art stolen on March 18, 1990. He regularly blogs for The Huffington Post , drawing on his 15 years of national security, law, intelligence and crisis management experience with two federal government agencies, including his part in stopping the so-called 'Shoe-Bomber' in2001. Amore is also a trustee of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art and a lecturer in the study of art crime. . TOM MASHBERG is an Award-winning Investigative Reporter and the Sunday Editor for the Boston Herald newspaper, USA. During his 30-year career he has reported for The New York Times and The Boston Globe, as well as writing for Vanity Fair and many other publications. He was called 'the quintessential newspaperman' by FOX-TV's America's Most Wanted. INDICE: Authors' Forewords - Introduction: Why Rembrandt? - There Is No 'Dr. No' - Smeared with Blood: The 1972 Worcester Heist - The Take-Away Rembrandt - Snafu in Cincinnati: 1973 - Wolves at the Door: Heists from Homes - Devil's Bargain: The MFA Heist - 2000: The Stockholm Blitz - The Rembrandt That Wasn't - Rembrandt's Stolen Etchings - Epilogue: Our Debt to Rembrandt - Target Rembrandt: The List of Thefts - Acknowledgements - Notes - Selected Bibliography- Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10853-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés