The Forger

Paul Watkins

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9780571319374

Paris, 1939. Europe is on the brink of a second World War. David Halifax, a young American art student, is arrested for forgery. Unbeknownst to Halifax, an unscrupulous art dealer has put some of his paintings on the market, attempting to pass them off as Old Masters. When the ruse is uncovered, it is Halifax who is arrested, and charged with forgery. Then, as the Nazis converge upon Paris, Halifax is press-ganged into service by the Resistance: he must forge a number of great paintings, so that the originals don't fall into the hands of the invaders. Halifax is painfully aware that this unwanted commission could cost him his life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Landing Page
• Title Page
• Contents
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• That was more than half a century ago
• Notes
• About the Author
• Copyright