An edition of Saving Caravaggio (2007)

Saving Caravaggio

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An edition of Saving Caravaggio (2007)

Saving Caravaggio

Large print ed.
  • 1 Want to read

Under a searing Calabrian sky, detective Daniel Wright is shown the world's most famous stolen painting - "Caravaggio's Nativity". As a Caravaggio lover and expert in art recovery, he is determined to rescue it from the mafia bosses who use it as payment for drug deals and assassinations. Risking his marriage, his career and his life, Daniel defies his superiors and goes beyond the law in a desperate bid to save the painting before it is lost forever. But will he become the hero of the art establishment, or has he dangerously underestimated its mafia underworld?

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English
Pages
514

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Cover of: Saving Caravaggio
Saving Caravaggio
2008, Penguin Group UK
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Cover of: Saving Caravaggio
Saving Caravaggio
2007, Clipper Large Print
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: Saving Caravaggio
Saving Caravaggio
2007, Penguin
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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Viking, 2006.

Published in
Rearsby

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.92

The Physical Object

Pagination
514 pages (large print)
Number of pages
514

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32139754M
Internet Archive
savingcaravaggio0000grif
ISBN 10
1407406906
ISBN 13
9781407406909
OCLC/WorldCat
174132248

Work Description

Under a searing Calabrian sky, detective Daniel Wright is shown the world's most famous stolen painting – Caravaggio's Nativity. As a Caravaggio lover and expert in art recovery, he is determined to rescue it from the mafia bosses who use it as payment for drug deals and assassinations. Risking his marriage, his career and his life, Daniel defies his superiors and goes beyond the law with the help of Uffizi Gallery curator Francesca Natali in a desperate bid to save the Caravaggio before it is lost forever. But will he become the hero of the art establishment, or has he dangerously underestimated its mafia underworld?Saving Caravaggio is a thrilling story of intrigue and personal crusades, that combines the dark atmosphere of Naples with a determined pursuit of passion.

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