The chrysalis
Subtitle: a novel
By: Heather Terrell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780345494665; 9780345494672
Subjects: Repatriation; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Art thefts; Destruction and pillage; Fiction
Description: Hard-driving Manhattan attorney Mara Coyne is confronted by the case of her career when she is asked to defend a prestigious auction house against claims that a mysterious Dutch masterpiece about to be sold is a Nazi wartime theft.