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A Note from PETER WATSONThis book is, first of all, a cracking narrative, revealing clever detective work, not just on the part of the Italian police and public prosecutors, but by archaeologists, document-specialists and photographic researchers. The way the story breaks open makes it a classic of detection. It really does become one of those stories where the layers are peeled away, to reveal ever-greater enormities within. For me, it has added drama because I was involved at the very beginning. My previous book, Sotheby's: The Inside Story, was based on internal documents from inside Sotheby's, leaked to me by a disaffected employee in London. The scandal the documents revealed was bad enough but I couldn't know at the time that they would fit with the investigations then on-going in Rome, and help to break open what was begining to emerge there. This means I have followed developments in Rome very closely and been given special access. A third reason for why this story is compelling is that it charts a change in our moral life. Twenty years ago, people did not feel so strongly about their cultural heritage. Now they do. This book, besides being a fantastic narrative, is—at another level—an important exposé about how the illicit trade in antiquities works. After this book, the worlds of archaeology, of art dealing, of museum acquisitions, will never be the same again. We will all be a litttle bit more honest. These three factors, these three levels, make the whole enterprise irresistible. |
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HARDCOVERISBN 978-1-58648-402-6 Pub date: 04/24/06 Price: $26.95/36.95 Canada 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 320 pages 16 pp b/w photos Carton Quantity: 24 True Crime, World Affairs Selling Territory: W Rights:
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