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Vanished smile [sound recording] : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa / by Scotti, R. A.; Mazur, Kathe.;
Read by Kathe Mazur.
Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Art thefts; Audiobooks.;
© p2009., Random House Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Paris deception / by Turnbull, Bryn,author.;
Sophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume museum under the supervision of the ERR, a German art commission using the museum as a repository for art they've looted from Jewish families. Fabienne Brandt was a rising star in the Parisian bohemian arts movement until the Nazis put a stop to so-called "degenerate" modern art. Still mourning the loss of her firebrand husband, she's resolved to muddle her way through the occupation in whatever way she can, until her estranged sister-in-law, Sophie, arrives at her door with a stolen painting in hand. Soon the two women embark upon a plan to save Paris's "degenerates," working beneath the noses of Germany's top art connoisseurs to replace the paintings in the Jeu de Paume with skillful forgeries, but how long can Sophie and Fabienne sustain their masterful illusion?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art thefts; Art; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lost carousel of Provence / by Blackwell, Juliet,author.;
"An artist lost to history, a family abandoned to its secrets, and the woman whose search for meaning unearths it all. American photographer Cady Drake shoots local merry-go-rounds, a hobby inspired by a carved wooden rabbit gifted to her following her troubled years in foster care. Now at a crisis point in her life, Cady can't refuse a freelance assignment documenting the antique carousels of Paris. While there, she hopes to track down the true origins of her rabbit, which she has always believed to be carved by French carousel maker Gustave Bayol. Cady's research leads her to Provence, where she discovers a dilapidated carousel carved by Bayol for the grand Château Clement in the early 1900s. After commissioning the carousel, the Clement family struggled to maintain their ancestral home through the two World Wars, buffeted by jealousies passed down through the generations. Despite the carousel's derelict state, Cady longs to restore it -- if she can secure the permission of the run-down château's gruff, elderly owner, a man with secrets of his own. As Cady digs deeper into the past, unearthing century-old photographs of the Clement carousel and its creators, she might be the one person who can bring the past to light and reunite a family torn apart"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Women photographers; Family secrets; Merry-go-round art; Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The judgment of Paris : the revolutionary decade that gave the world impressionism / by King, Ross W. A.,1962-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883; Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891.; Salon des refusš.; Impressionism (Art); Painters; Painting, French;
© c2006., Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Girl in the afternoon / by Burdick, Serena,author.;
"The Savarays are at the center of bourgeois Parisian society, as supporters of the Impressionist movement, friends of Édouard Manet, and citizens relatively unaffected by the Franco-Prussian war raging beyond their estate - until their beloved adopted son Henri, a burgeoning artist, disappears early one morning and 18-year-old Aimee Savaray sets out to find him. But Henri doesn't want to be found, and only one member of the family knows why. As Aimee seeks refuge in the art world, mentored by Manet, she unwittingly finds her way back to Henri. After so many years passed and secrets buried, their eventual reunion unmasks the lies that once held the family together, and now threaten to tear them apart"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883; Impressionism (Art); Painters; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The black widow [sound recording] / by Silva, Daniel,1960-author.; Guidall, George,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by George Guidlall.A latest entry in the series starring the inimitable art restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is set in the aftermath of a shocking event in Paris.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Terrorism; Assassins; Art restorers; Intelligence officers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The English girl : a novel / by Silva, Daniel,1960-;
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Art restorers; Intelligence officers;
© c2013., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Riviera house / by Lester, Natasha,1973-author.;
"Paris, 1939: The Nazis think Éliane can't understand German. They're wrong. They think she's merely cataloging the art collection in The Louvre while they steal national treasures for their private collections. They have no idea she's carefully decoding their notes to ensure every painting can be recovered after the war. But Éliane is playing a very dangerous game. Does she dare trust the man she once loved, or will he only betray her once again? She can't know for sure ... until a visit to a stunning home on the Riviera dramatically changes the course of her life. Present Day: Seventy years after the end of WWII, Remy heads to a home she's mysteriously inherited on the French Riviera, wanting to forget the tragedy that has left her life in shambles and taken away those she loved most. But when she discovers a painting known to have been stolen decades ago, she begins to question everything she ever knew about her heritage. Maybe the Riviera house holds more secrets than she's ready to deal with. Or maybe, to find the answers she needs, she'll have to learn to open her heart once again"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Musée du Louvre; Cryptography; Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945; Inheritance and succession; Family secrets;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Framed in France / by Greenhut, Josh; Pamintuan, Macky.; Brown, Jeff,1926-2003.;
When Stanley Lambchop is asked to help catch an art thief in Paris, he can't help but be excited.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Lambchop, Stanley (Fictitious character); Musée du Louvre; Art thefts;
© c2014., Harper,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The English girl [sound recording] / by Silva, Daniel,1960-; Guidall, George.;
Read by George Guidall.
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Art restorers; Audiobooks.; Intelligence officers;
© p2013., Harper Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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