{"product_id":"saving-cezanne-john-maynard-keynes-rescuing-great-art-from-the-chaos-of-war-paperback","title":"Saving Cezanne: JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES Rescuing Great Art from the Chaos of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Shires\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Maynard Keynes and the Degas Art Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March 1918, with World War 1 still raging, the man who would become the twentieth century's most famous economist crossed the English Channel with a Royal Navy destroyer escort and a silver airship watching overhead. His madcap mission - to journey across the battlefields of northern France to a Paris under siege and with  20,000 finessed from the British Treasury, rescue some of the world's greatest art and bring it safely home to London's National Gallery for the good of the nation.\u003cbr\u003eBut Keynes has another, more personal reason for going. Recruited by the Government at the outbreak of hostilities, his fellow intellectuals in the pacifist Bloomsbury Group now call him 'the war-mongers accountant'. By saving objects of beauty from possible destruction, he hopes to win back the respect and love of his friends. This is the story of those few hectic, dangerous days... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53152380289331,"sku":"9798815590434","price":21.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/FyqxCYDWM09798815590434.webp?v=1773989669","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/saving-cezanne-john-maynard-keynes-rescuing-great-art-from-the-chaos-of-war-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}