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Vermeer, Goya, Rembrandt, Rubens - the Beit art collection was worth millions. For decades Sir Alfred and Lady Beit had lived peacefully at Russborough House in Ireland. Until people started stealing their paintings... Of all the canvases at Russborough, it was Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid that most caught the public's imagination. Twice stolen, once by an IRA sympathiser and then by notorious gangster Martin Cahill, it risked being lost from view forever, unless the Garda, together with Scotland Yard and some seasoned international art detectives, could contrive the perfect sting...Matthew Hart tells the riveting story of the theft and recovery of some of the world's most important art, finding new leads and unexpected connections in the mysterious underworld of international art crime.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780099474579
eBay Product ID (ePID)86678522
Product Key Features
Publication Year2005
TopicTrue Crime
Book TitleThe Irish Game: a True Story of Art and Crime
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorMatthew Hart
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight205 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMatthew Hart