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Robert Morse Edsel (born December 28, 1956) is an American businessman and author. He has written three non-fiction books - Rescuing Da Vinci (2006), Monuments Men : Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2007); and Saving Italy (2013) - chronicling the recovery of artwork stolen by Nazi Germany during World War II .
- United States of America
- Norma Louise (née Morse), Alpha Ray Edsel
- The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
- December 28, 1956, Oak Park, Illinois
Robert M. Edsel has had at least three clearly defined successful careers in his 64 years in a wide variety of fields. From his beginnings as a nationally ranked tennis player, to building a leading oil and gas exploration business that pioneered the use of horizontal drilling technology, to his achievements as a #1 New York Times Bestselling author writing about and representing heroes of ...
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Robert Edsel is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Monuments Men, Rescuing Davinci, Saving Italy. He is a well known expert and advocate on World War II art history and preservation.
Feb 17, 2017 · INTERVIEW: Robert M. Edsel / The Monuments Men Man. FOR A DECADE, Robert Edsel has avidly delved into how the Allied Armies’ Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section (MFAA) protected and preserved Europe’s cultural treasures during the war, then found, catalogued, and helped return five million objects the Nazis had plundered to their ...
- Gene Santoro
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section, or MFAA. Most had expertise as museum directors, curators, art scholars and educators, artists, architects, and archivists. Their job description was simple: to save as much ...
Jan 28, 2019 · January 28, 2019. Presenting his new book for young readers, The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments Men, author Robert M. Edsel recounted the astonishing true story of the men and women who risked their lives amid the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for ...
Robert Morse Edsel is an American businessman and author. He has written three non-fiction books - Rescuing Da Vinci (2006), Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2007); and Saving Italy (2013) - chronicling the recovery of artwork stolen by Nazi Germany during World War II. A film based on his book, The Monuments Men, directed by and starring ...
