LEADER 03199nam 2200649 450 001 9910464309303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-906509-57-3 010 $a1-906509-56-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000167898 035 $a(EBL)1727850 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001327074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11723146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001327074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11265494 035 $a(PQKB)11481359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1727850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1727850 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10890216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL926202 035 $a(OCoLC)883568218 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000167898 100 $a20140717h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe history of loot and stolen art $efrom antiquity until the present day /$fIvan Lindsay 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLondon, England :$cUnicorn Press Ltd,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (665 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-906509-21-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Frontispiece; Publisher information; Acknowledgments; Principal players; Body matter; Preface; Introduction; 1 - Ancients, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Moors and Charlemagne; 2 - The Crusades and the sack of Constantinople; 3 - The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Renaissance and the dissolution of the monasteries; 4 - Spanish colonisation of the Americas, Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes; 5 - Sir Francis Drake; 6 - The emergence of Sweden; 7 - Cromwell's disposal of the collections of Charles I; 8 - Napoleon; 9 - Greece and Lord Elgin 327 $a10 - Egypt ; 11 - The British Museum and punitive expeditions against Ashanti and Benin; 12 - World War II, Hitler, Goering and the other Nazi leaders; 13 - 1945, the Soviets and Stalin; 14 - 1945, the US Army; 15 - 1945-2009; Conclusion; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available 330 $aThe author of this enthralling book aims to present a well-illustrated and documented alternative history of the Western World through graphic accounts of looting and art theft from the time of Sargon, ruler of Syria in 721 BC, to the present day. Almost all the principal players included appear on the stage of World history and many of them are known as conquerors, confiscators (the old-fashioned word for looters) and ruthless administrators of the regions they created as a result of their ... 606 $aArt thefts 606 $aArt thefts$xHistory 606 $aPillage$xHistory 606 $aArt treasures in war$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt thefts. 615 0$aArt thefts$xHistory. 615 0$aPillage$xHistory. 615 0$aArt treasures in war$xHistory. 676 $a364.16287 700 $aLindsay$b Ivan$0979237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464309303321 996 $aThe history of loot and stolen art$92232253 997 $aUNINA