{"product_id":"napoleons-plunder-and-the-theft-of-veroneses-feast-by-cynthia-saltzman-9780500296721","title":"Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating and deeply rewarding book\u003c\/strong\u003e - Adam Zamoyski, Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNapoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles one of the most spectacular art appropriation campaigns in history. In doing so, it sheds new light on the complex origins of what was once called the Musée Napoléon, now known as the Louvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt centres on the story of Napoleon's theft of Paolo Veronese's \u003cem\u003eWedding Feast at Cana\u003c\/em\u003e, a vast, sublime canvas that in 1797 the French army tore from a wall of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. \u003cem\u003eFeast\u003c\/em\u003e was just one of Napoleon's spoils of war, which he claimed for the French nation and displayed in a public museum - the Louvre. He filled the former palace of the French kings with his acquisitions, and Europe flocked to Paris, hailing the Louvre as the greatest museum in the world. Did he take it for himself? Or for France? Or for the world at large?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSaltzman interweaves the stories of Napoleon's military campaigns, uncovering the treaties through which he obtained his loot, with the histories of the plundered works themselves. She explores how these masterpieces came into being. As much as a story of military might, this is an account of one of the most ambitious cultural projects ever conducted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833343234284,"sku":"9780500296721","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2788073482366.jpg?v=1758453121","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/napoleons-plunder-and-the-theft-of-veroneses-feast-by-cynthia-saltzman-9780500296721","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}