Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property
Margaret Miles deals with the sadly timely issue of art as plunder  levelly and with sensitivity. Her study is not only well researched and  sound, but also a very good read and as such easily accessible not only  to scholars, but equally to undergraduates and a wider interested  public. Broaching much wider issues than the historical extortion of  Verres, the reception of concepts of art as cultural property and the  ways of dealing with plundered art across the centuries are today  highly pertinent and make this a very important book.  --BCMR