CHANEL, GERRI
In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the worlds most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley. Thus a story that features as a vignette in the George Clooney film The Monuments Men is given the full-length treatment it demands. The recipient of several independent publishing awards in the United States, and illustrated throughout with nearly 100 photographs, Saving Mona Lisa is a compelling true story of art and beauty, intrigue and ingenuity, and remarkable moral courage in the darkest of times.