Anthony M. Amore
Autor/a de Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists
Sobre l'autor
Anthony M. Amore is the Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. He is the co-author of Stealing Rembrandts and author of The Art of the Con and provides analysis on issues related to security for the BBC, NBC News, NPR, CNN, FOX, and others. Learn more at mostra'n més www.anthonyamore.com. mostra'n menys
Obres de Anthony M. Amore
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World (2015) 120 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
- Agent
- Sharlene Martin
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- Membres
- 392
- Popularitat
- #61,822
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 20
- ISBN
- 13
Rose herself is at once sympathetic and frustrating, which in terms of biography, makes for a fascinating read. You could say that her political leanings were not inherently wrong (to a degree - of course, the Northern Irish deserve to be one with their mother country and of course, religious persecution is a terrible thing). Her methodologies as well as her actions - in promoting violent and intimdating tactics as well staging heists -are sadly inexcusable. But this is the paradox of Rose Dugdale, she is educated enough to understand that her decisions are her own. She is okay with stealing and she is okay with violence.
It is rare to read the biography of a woman who is remembered for her crimes. For that alone, this book is well worth picking up. Dugdale emerges as a fascinating and contradictory figure. The narrative is lively, well-written, and exhaustively researched.… (més)