I absolutely loved this book and wish it was much longer. I studied abroad in France while in college, so I was familiar with and actually went to a lot of places in this book. I also took a few art history courses throughout my college career. This book combined those experiences, revealing some...
The author can overwhelm with detail, making it difficult to keep everyone straight, particularly when listening to this amazing account. I also wished for reproductions of the buildings and work mentioned. However, the big picture of this relatively untold story makes it compelling. The intri...
The Germans had thrown almost all their reserves into preserving the “Ring of Steel” around Normandy, and once the ring was broken a wide open field of advance lay before the Western Allies. Racing forward with almost no resistance, they found millions of pounds of abandoned food, hundreds of car...