Carolyn, I have never read any Barry Maitland book and not heard of him either although I looked him up and found he is highly regarded! Not a cosy writer though, I think?
A few posts above, I mentioned watching The Monuments Men, not a very good movie. I recommended a great book, Florentine Art Under Fire, written by a monuments man and art expert, Frederick Hartt, soon after the war. I read it about fifteen years ago. The post inspired me to re-read the book, which I'm doing now. Just as good as I remembered it.
I had bought a used copy for myself after I read the library copy back then. It was not expensive, maybe $20. Yesterday I looked online at bookfinder.com where I buy used books and was amazed that the movie seems to have had a bump-up effect on the price of the book. A hard cover with dust jacket is now worth between $80 and $150! So I'm feeling more benign towards that movie, :)
Carolyn, I have never read any Barry Maitland book and not heard of him either although I looked him up and found he is highly regarded! Not a cosy writer though, I think?
A few posts above, I mentioned watching The Monuments Men, not a very good movie. I recommended a great book, Florentine Art Under Fire, written by a monuments man and art expert, Frederick Hartt, soon after the war. I read it about fifteen years ago. The post inspired me to re-read the book, which I'm doing now. Just as good as I remembered it.
I had bought a used copy for myself after I read the library copy back then. It was not expensive, maybe $20. Yesterday I looked online at bookfinder.com where I buy used books and was amazed that the movie seems to have had a bump-up effect on the price of the book. A hard cover with dust jacket is now worth between $80 and $150! So I'm feeling more benign towards that movie, :)