The Last Masterpiece
eBook - ePub

The Last Masterpiece

A Novel of World War II Italy

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Last Masterpiece

A Novel of World War II Italy

About this book

In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.

In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.

When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.

But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.

The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?

Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy. 

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Contents
  3. Map
  4. Prologue
  5. Part I: Before
  6. 1: Eva
  7. 2: Josie
  8. 3: Eva
  9. 4: Josie
  10. 5: Eva
  11. 6: Josie
  12. 7: Eva
  13. 8: Josie
  14. 9: Eva
  15. 10: Josie
  16. 11: Eva
  17. 12: Josie
  18. 13: Eva
  19. 14: Josie
  20. 15: Eva
  21. 16: Josie
  22. 17: Eva
  23. Part II: After
  24. 18: Josie
  25. 19: Eva
  26. 20: Josie
  27. 21: Eva
  28. 22: Josie
  29. 23: Eva
  30. 24: Josie
  31. 25: Eva
  32. 26: Josie
  33. 27: Eva
  34. 28: Josie
  35. 29: Eva
  36. 30: Josie
  37. 31: Eva
  38. 32: Josie
  39. 33: Eva
  40. 34: Josie
  41. 35: Eva
  42. 36: Josie
  43. 37: Eva
  44. 38: Josie
  45. 39: Eva
  46. Author’s Note
  47. Acknowledgments
  48. About the Author
  49. Also by Laura Morelli
  50. Copyright
  51. About the Publisher