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Vivid and atmospheric, The Art Spy moves from the glittering days
of pre-War Paris, home to geniuses of modern culture, including Picasso, Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, and Frida Kahlo,
through the tension-riddled cities and resorts of Europe on the eve of war, to the harrowing years of the Nazi occupation of France when brave people such as Rose Valland and Rosenberg risked everything to fight the evil.
Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents,
The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy
in the heart of the Nazi’s art looting headquarters in the French capital.
At every stage of World War II, Valland was front and center.
She came face to face with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring,
passed crucial information to the Resistance network,
put herself deliberately in harm’s way to protect the museum and her staff,
and faced death during the last hours of Liberation Day.
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