The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance

by Anders Rydell

Book Overview

"A most valuable book." -- Christian Science Monitor For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes , the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735221227
• ISBN13: 9780735221222
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"