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Giotto's hand

General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind--dubbed "Giotto"--has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory--prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman--is scorned by archrival Corrando Argan, a bureaucrat more...

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Main Author: Pears, Iain
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 1994.
Series:Jonathan Argyll ; 5
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Mystery fiction > Italy.
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Summary:General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind--dubbed "Giotto"--has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory--prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman--is scorned by archrival Corrando Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing.
Physical Description:298 p.
ISBN:9780425188545
Author Notes:Iain Pears was born in England in 1955. He has worked as an art historian, a TV consultant and a journalist. After several years working for Reuters, he went to Yale University to complete his book on eighteenth-century British art entitled The Discovery of Painting. He has written several novels include An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, Stone's Fall, Arcadia, and the Jonathan Argyll series.

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