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

by Edward Dolnick
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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it 10 years ago
I picked this book up at the library on a whim and I almost returned it unread. I'm glad I gave it a chance. It's really well-written nonfiction. The pacing is great. A few parts felt slightly repetitive, but there were other times I needed the author's reminders about who's who in the book. Some pe...
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud rated it 16 years ago
Rating: 3* of fiveHere we have a non-fictional account of the 20th century's most astoundingly, resoundingly, and undeservedly successful art forgery scam.In very, very brief, it's the story of a Dutch forger who cons Goering out of *boatloads* of cash for fake Vermeers. The book presents us with th...
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