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Hugh McLeave (1923–2008)

Teoksen The damned die hard tekijä

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Includes the name: McLeave Hugh

Tekijän teokset

The damned die hard (1971) 60 kappaletta
The last Pharaoh: Farouk of Egypt (1969) 13 kappaletta
McIndoe: Plastic Surgeon (1961) 9 kappaletta
The Bonaparte Plot (2005) 3 kappaletta
Monkshood (2007) 2 kappaletta
No face in the mirror (1980) 2 kappaletta
Only gentlemen can play (1974) 2 kappaletta
Double exposure (1979) 2 kappaletta
Vodka on Ice 1 kappale
Under the Icefall (1987) 1 kappale
The Icarus Threat (1984) 1 kappale
The Bent Pyramid (2007) 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika
1923
Kuolinaika
2008-03-06
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Koulutus
University of Glasgow
Ammatit
journalist
Suhteet
Salk, Jonas (friend)
Organisaatiot
Scotland Yard (crime correspondent)

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

As with most Art theft books this book starts out chronologically with the theft of the Mona Lisa and proceeds to the present. Luckily for us the present when the book was written was 1981. So the theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum that looms so large in other books hasn't even happened. Instead you get some since forgotten thefts just as large or larger.

This book also works as a helpful reminder of just how much the art market has changed. They talk about fifty plus impressionist paintings stolen in St Tropez being insured for $1.5 million. A tenth of what some of an individual painting from some of the artists would go for today.

The stories are great summaries of individual thefts. None too long and not too short either. It is obvious from the beginning though that the author didn't bother to speak to the criminals themselves but it hampers the book very little. It moves along quickly enough I barely noticed.
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doomjesse | Jan 23, 2010 |

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Teokset
25
Jäseniä
151
Suosituimmuussija
#137,935
Arvio (tähdet)
3.8
Kirja-arvosteluja
1
ISBN:t
40
Kielet
2

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