The History of Loot and Stolen Art by Ivan Lindsay

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By Ivan Lindsay

the writer of this captivating e-book goals to give a well-illustrated and documented replacement heritage of the Western international via photograph bills of looting and artwork robbery from the time of Sargon, ruler of Syria in 721 BC, to the current day. just about all the imperative gamers integrated seem at the degree of worldwide historical past and lots of of them are often called conquerors, confiscators (the outdated observe for looters) and ruthless directors of the areas they created due to their conquests.
Featured listed below are emperors, kings, queens, popes, adventurers, explorers and people whose energies and services supported the greed and acquisitive goals in their masters. the several motivation of the best looters in historical past is a recurrent topic that is tested throughout.

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