The red moth
By: Sam Eastland
Edition: Open market paperback edition.
Series: Inspector Pekkala -- [4]
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780571278466
Subjects: Inspector Pekkala (Fictitious character); Fiction; History; Amber art objects; Art treasures in war
Description: As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path, a lone German scout plane is forced down. Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential painting of a hyalophoria cecropia, otherwise known as a red moth.