The art thief : a true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession
Finkel, Michael2024
Books, Manuscripts
Here is the true story of the world's most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than 200 heists over nearly ten years - in museums and cathedrals all over Europe - Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than 300 objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In 'The Art Thief', Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in his home, where he could admire them to his heart's content.
Main title:
The art thief : a true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession / Michael Finkel.
Author:
Finkel, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Collation:
221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.
ISBN:
9781471186264 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.16287092364.16287 BRE364.16287920 BRE364.162
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3791026