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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century Paperback - 2009

by Edward Dolnick

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The Edgar Award-winning author of "The Rescue Artist" is back with the riveting story of the brilliant con man--the world's most famous art forger ("New York Times")--who perpetrated the greatest art hoax of the 20th century. Photos throughout.

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New York Times Bestseller

"Dolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century. And in doing so Dolnick plumbs the nature of fraud itself . . . an incomparable page turner." --Boston Globe

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in psychological manipulation, and he came within inches of fooling the world. Instead, he landed in an Amsterdam court on trial for his life. The Forger's Spell is the gripping, true tale of this almost perfect crime.

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As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johannes Vermeer; the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him years later; and the con man's mark, Hermann Goering, the fanatical art collector and one of Nazi Germany's most reviled leaders.

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  • Title The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
  • Author Edward Dolnick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Softcover Ed
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
  • Publication date 2009-06-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060825423 / 0060825421
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.32 x 0.97 in (20.42 x 13.51 x 2.46 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Benelux
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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