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The Amber Room
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Author : Steve Berry
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2003
The Amber Room written by Steve Berry and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Amber art objects categories.
When her father dies under suspicious circumstances, Rachel Cutler finds everything she loves threatened by the rival quests of two art collectors who seek one of the world's greatest treasures, lost after the Second World War.
The Amber Rooms
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Author : Ian Hocking
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-07
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** Book three of the award-winning and bestselling Saskia Brandt series **** Includes the novella 'Red Star Falling' **It is the night of September 5th, 1907, and the Moscow train is approaching St Petersburg. Traveling first class appears to be a young Russian princess and her fiancé. They are impostors. In the luggage car are the spoils of the Yerevan Square Expropriation, the greatest bank heist in history. The money is intended for Finland, and the hands of a man known to the Tsarist authorities as The Mountain Eagle -- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
The Nelson S And The Amber Room
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Author : Thomas Flowers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-09
The Nelson S And The Amber Room written by Thomas Flowers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with categories.
There was a golden room that was covered in floor-to-ceiling amber, gold, and stones. Two different kings called it their own, and it graced multiple palaces, ultimately becoming the Russian's most prized treasure. And then the Nazis invaded, and the 180-square-foot Amber Room--today considered priceless, vanished without a trace. The Nazis were known for taking art and sculptures that made up the collections of their Jewish victims and the countries they conquered. And suddenly an entire room that has often been called the eighth wonder of the world also disappeared. It all began over 300 years ago, when the King of Prussia, Frederick I, commissioned a new work of art for his Charlottenberg Palace. He called on sculptor Andreas Schlüter to design a room made almost entirely out of amber. The orange, yellow, and red hues of amber were set into gold leaf to make mosaic panels that were finished off with other stones. The mosaics took eight years to complete and were finally installed in 1709. The Amber Room didn't stay in Prussia very long. In 1716, the second King of Prussia, Frederick William I, who allegedly prized his military prowess over the artistic endeavors honored by his father, gifted the room to Peter the Great of Russia as a symbol of peace between the two countries...and a sign of their alliance against Sweden.In 1941, the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. As with their other conquests, they immediately set their sights on collecting the nation's treasures. In particular, the Nazis wanted the Amber Room. The Soviets didn't give up easily, even when it came to their art. They tried to protect the Amber Room first by taking it apart and moving it. When that failed (the amber started crumbling and it was deemed too dangerous to continue), they tried to hide it in plain sight by wallpapering over the ornate walls. But the Nazis weren't fooled. They quickly found what they were looking for, disassembled it, packed it into 27 crates, and shipped it off by train. It was moved to a Königsberg Castle in Germany. After the castle was bombed by the allies and people started looking for it, they found nothing.The trail of the lost masterpiece goes dark from there. There are several theories about what may have happened to the treasure including a rumor that it was loaded onto a train and stored in a bunker somewhere in Poland or Germany, but they are just tales.
The Amber Room
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Author : H. D. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Booktango
Release Date : 2012-08-24
The Amber Room written by H. D. Evans and has been published by Booktango this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-24 with Fiction categories.
The Amber Room was a phenomenon I came across many years ago. It is a story that has intrigued for centuries. Did it really have special powers, it certainly captured people's imagination and awe? Was it really lost at the end of the second world war? A lot of people think not, something so valuable would not be allowed to be destroyed. Then where is it? The Amber Room is a modern novel with a classic theme. The spirit of two main characters, a man and a woman are intertwined through generations of a dynasty with the fate of the Amber Room. Love, hate, life, death, the essence of humanity. Written so that the reader can enjoy several strands: mystery, adventure, history, romance and spirituality. Enjoy. The Amber Room has been found! At the end of a race and battle across a continent over millennia, it has been found! Good or bad, you decide! The Amber Room was beautiful, valuable, inspiring; made as magnificent mosaic of fascinating facets: so too this novel; fact, fiction, hope, despair, romance, war.
The Amber Room
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Author : Steve Berry
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-09-03
The Amber Room written by Steve Berry and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-03 with Fiction categories.
Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything changes when her father dies under suspicious circumstances, leaving behind clues to a treasure called the Amber Room, one of the most intriguing mysteries of the last century. Desperate for the truth, Rachel takes off for Germany, with Paul close behind. Before long, they're in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collision course with the forces of greed, power and history itself...
The Amber Room Priceless Collection Book 2
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Author : T. Davis Bunn
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 1992-09-01
The Amber Room Priceless Collection Book 2 written by T. Davis Bunn and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-09-01 with Fiction categories.
In Florian's Gate, T. Davis Bunn introduced his growing readership to the fascinating world of European art and antiques. During months of research, he discovered and pursued the legend of The Amber Room, an ensemble of precious 18th century wall panels that graced a tsarist palace in St. Petersburg. Stolen by Nazi invaders, it was carried off to a castle in East Prussia. Dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world," the treasure was last seen in 1945 during the chaotic scramble of men and borders during the end of the war. Was it destroyed by fire as officials claim, or was it mysteriously hidden away? "Unearthing the mystery" has led T. Davis Bunn to a maze of tunnels under a former Nazi headquarters in Weimar and to concrete SS bunkers in the hills of Jonastal. Reaching back to the ravages of the war, the lessons of faith and forgiveness discovered in Florian's Gate continue in this momentous sequel. Alexander Kantor and his assistant Jeffrey join a trail of intrigue and cover-ups that surround the Amber Room, and it pulls them into a web of deception. A metaphor for spiritual growth, the search for these treasures helps Alexander discover the paradox that greatness in God's eyes is expressed through humility. Jeffrey learns to apply the same zeal with which he hunts for artwork to his quest for the knowledge of God. Together they find a new understanding of human nature and divine love.
The Amber Rooms
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Author : Deirdre Bean
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-26
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Catalogue of mixed media artworks by Deirdre Bean, Trevor Weekes, Lee Zaunders and Andrew Howells on exhibition at Manning Regional Gallery, Taree in 2018
Seizing Amber
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Author : Jonathan Harris
language : en
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release Date : 2001
Seizing Amber written by Jonathan Harris and has been published by Sourcebooks, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Amber art objects categories.
From the streets of New York to the gardens of Paris and the ornate drawing rooms of Renaissance Florence, Seizing Amber follows a high stakes quest for one of the world's most valuable treasures. The Amber Room-an exquisite chamber made of amber panels that was stolen from the Russians during World War II-holds not only its priceless value, but the key to the lives of those who seek it. Now in the post??Cold War present, Isaiah Hawkins, chief of a U.S. intelligence agency, discovers that the Amber Room is being offered for sale. In a quest to influence the world's political stage, Hawkins sets out on a mission to capture the Room and the power it holds. In a whirlwind of intrigue and suspense, Hawkins? team, including a street-smart blackmailer and a sexy but dangerous agent who seemingly has nothing to lose, must outsmart devious and exotic competitors to seize the Amber Room and find what matters to them most. Jonathan Harris weaves a tight and gripping plot with a grand love story. And just when the tension reaches a boiling point, Harris delivers an ending that drops the reader through a series of unexpected trap doors.
The Amber Shadows
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Author : Lucy Ribchester
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-04-07
The Amber Shadows written by Lucy Ribchester and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-07 with Fiction categories.
In a place where everyone is keeping secrets all the time, how do you know who you can trust? A brilliant novel of lies and intrigue at Bletchley Park by the author of the bestselling debut The Hourglass Factory. Perfect for all fans of The Imitation Game. On a delayed train, deep in the English countryside, two strangers meet. It is 1942 and they are both men of fighting age, though neither is in uniform. As strangers do in these days of war, they pass the time by sharing their stories. But walls have ears and careless talk costs lives… At Bletchley Park, Honey Deschamps spends her days at a type-x machine in Hut 6, transcribing decrypted signals from the German Army. One winter’s night, as she walks home in the blackout, she meets a stranger in the shadows. He tells her his name is Felix, and he has a package for her. The parcel, containing a small piece of amber, postmarked from Russia and branded with two censor’s stamps, is just the first of several. Someone is trying to get a message to her, but who? As a dangerous web weaves ever tighter around her, can Honey uncover who is sending these mysterious packages and why before it’s too late…?
The Amber Room
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Author : Adrian Levy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2009-05-26
The Amber Room written by Adrian Levy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-26 with Art categories.
The history of art has produced few works as ambitious and as valuable as the Amber Room. Famous throughout Europe as "the eighth wonder of the world," its vast and intricately worked amber panels were sent in 1717 by Frederick I of Prussia as a gift to Peter the Great of Russia. Erected some years later, they quickly became a symbol of Russia's imperial might. For more than two hundred years the Amber Room remained in its Russian palace outside St. Petersburg (Leningrad), but when the Nazi army invaded Russia and swept towards Leningrad in 1941, the panels were wrenched from the walls, packed into crates, and disappeared from view, never to be seen again. Dozens of people have tried to trace the whereabouts of the Amber Room, and several of them have died in mysterious circumstances. Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark have gone further along the trail of this great lost treasure than anyone before them, and have unraveled the jumble of evidence surrounding its fate. Their search catapulted them across eastern Europe and into the menacing world of espionage and counterespionage that still surrounds Russia and the former Soviet bloc. In archives in St. Petersburg and Berlin, amid boxes of hitherto unseen diaries, letters, and classified reports, they have uncovered for the first time an astounding conspiracy to hide the truth. In a gripping climax that is a triumph of detection and narrative journalism, The Amber Room shows incontrovertibly what really happened to the most valuable lost artwork in the world, and why the truth has been withheld for so long.