Förfalskningar & stölder

2009 tvingades Moderna museet i Stockholm återlämna en tavla av konstnären Emil Nolde efter en uppslitande konflikt. Tavlan hade visat sig härröra från ett brott begånget i Förintelsen skugga - men hur hade målningen hamnat på museet? Denna händel...

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All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her. Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy...

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"It's the great undoing of my heart as I know it." Daisy Haites thought she'd left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, her family and the man she loves. But when her safety is threatened once again, she finds ...

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"It's the great undoing of my heart as I know it." Daisy Haites thought she'd left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, her family and the man she loves. But when her safety is threatened once again, she finds ...

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Den 8 december 2004 sprängdes en lägenhet i centrala Stockholm. I rasmassorna hittades en död man. Han var enhetschef på Kungliga biblioteket, och hade nyligen avslöjats med att ha stulit 62 böcker. Historien om bibliotekstjuven rapporterades värl...

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"Det finns böcker man vill läsa om för att de är lika roliga och underhållande som lärorika och tankeväckande. Detta är en sådan, inte bara för konstvänner utan alla som någon gång har ägt en tavla eller uppskattar en god historia." Sund...

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Exquisite... intelligent, illuminating, mischievous delightful The Times The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a thousand years of histor...

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Covering key aspects of provenance research for the international art market, this accessible publication, co-published with the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), explores a range of themes including challenges and best practice to...

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Den 8 december 2004 sprängdes en lägenhet i luften på Surbrunnsgatan 45 i Stockholm. I rasmassorna hittades en död man. Han var enhetschef på Kungliga biblioteket, och hade nyligen avslöjats med att ha stulit 62 böcker. Historien om bibliotekstjuv...

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THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE FROM BOOKTOK ROMANCE SENSATION JESSA HASTINGS."e;It's the great undoing of my heart as I know it."e;Daisy Haites thought she'd left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, he...

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All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her.Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never ...

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A fascinating and deeply rewarding book Adam Zamoyski, Daily Telegraph Napoleons Plunder chronicles one of the most spectacular art appropriation campaigns in history and, in doing so, sheds new light on the complex origins of what was once called...

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The first comprehensive guide written in English on how to research the Nazi-era provenance of museum collections since the publication of the AAM Guide to Provenance Research. When we look at the artworks on display in museums, there is always a ...

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Den 8 december 2004 sprängdes en lägenhet i luften på Surbrunnsgatan 45 i Stockholm. I rasmassorna hittades en död man. Han var enhetschef på Kungliga biblioteket, och hade nyligen avslöjats med att ha stulit 62 böcker. Historien om bibliotekstjuv...

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"A funny, gripping and perfectly balanced blend of P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene" Independent "Highly enjoyable read" Spectator Anthony Whitelands, an English art historian, is invited to Madrid to value the co...

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The true story of the worlds most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Wood. For centuries, works of ar...

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CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers. Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for t...

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'Absolutely fascinating . . . A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books' Janice Hallett, author of The Alperton Angels 'Hugely entertaining . . . a propulsive if unlikely thriller, whose plot hinges on ty...

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The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'.Adam Worth was the greatest master criminal...

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The true story of a brilliantly forged Emily Dickinson poem sold at Sotheby's in 1997. The author's detective work led him across America to a prison cell in Salt Lake City, where the world's greatest literary forger, Mark Hofmann, is serving a li...

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A ribald tale from Britains best-love Science Fiction writer. The Cretan Teat is a bawdy novel, telling the extraordinary tale a Byzantine painting of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus. This false icon gets adopted by the people and s...

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A ribald tale from Britain's best-love Science Fiction writer.Available for the first time in eBook.The Cretan Teat is a bawdy novel, telling the extraordinary tale a Byzantine painting of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus.This false ...

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'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun'Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022'Brilliantly witty, profoundly illuminating, Alice Sherwood is a master storyteller' Simon Schama'Thought-provoking and beautif...

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'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun'Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022'Brilliantly witty, profoundly illuminating, Alice Sherwood is a master storyteller' Simon Schama'Thought-provoking and beautif...

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Wide-ranging, witty and fresh a stimulating read. Authentic fun Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 Brilliantly witty, profoundly illuminating, Alice Sherwood is a master storyteller Simon Schama Thought-provoking and beautifully w...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts written and read by Christopher de Hamel. This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the orig...

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Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Neth...

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The destruction of ancient monuments by the Taliban and the Islamic State have shocked observers worldwide. Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know analyzes continuing threats to our heritage as well as a balanced...

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The destruction of ancient monuments by the Taliban and the Islamic State have shocked observers worldwide. Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know analyzes continuing threats to our heritage as well as a balanced...

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The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the past date back at least to the mid-1300s BCE, during the Amar...

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