
The Art Thief
240 pages | paperback |
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One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worldĆ¢ā¬ā¢s most prolific art thief, StĆĀ©phane Breitwieser.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author ofĆ The Stranger in the WoodsĆ brings us into BreitwieserĆ¢ā¬ā¢s strange worldĆ¢ā¬āunlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief StĆĀ©phane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight yearsĆ¢ā¬āin museums and cathedrals all over EuropeĆ¢ā¬āBreitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
InĆ The Art Thief,Ć Michael Finkel brings us into BreitwieserĆ¢ā¬ā¢s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heartĆ¢ā¬ā¢s content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addictĆ¢ā¬ā¢s need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriendĆ¢ā¬ā¢s pleas to stopĆ¢ā¬āuntil one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
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240 pages | paperback |
Ć
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worldĆ¢ā¬ā¢s most prolific art thief, StĆĀ©phane Breitwieser.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author ofĆ The Stranger in the WoodsĆ brings us into BreitwieserĆ¢ā¬ā¢s strange worldĆ¢ā¬āunlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief StĆĀ©phane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight yearsĆ¢ā¬āin museums and cathedrals all over EuropeĆ¢ā¬āBreitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
InĆ The Art Thief,Ć Michael Finkel brings us into BreitwieserĆ¢ā¬ā¢s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heartĆ¢ā¬ā¢s content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addictĆ¢ā¬ā¢s need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriendĆ¢ā¬ā¢s pleas to stopĆ¢ā¬āuntil one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.











