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Narrated by:
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David Stifel
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By:
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Aaron Elkins
In April 1945, The Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe. Truck convoys loaded with the cultural wealth of the Western world pour in an unending stream into the compound of the vast Altaussee salt mine high in the Austrian Alps. But with the Allies closing in, the vaunted efficiency of the Nazis has broken down. At Altaussee, all is tumult and confusion. In the commotion a single truck, its driver, and its priceless load of masterpieces vanish into a mountain snowstorm. Half-a-century later, in a seedy Boston pawnshop, ex-curator Ben Revere makes a stunning discovery among the piles of junk: A Velazquez from the legendary Lost Truck. But with it come decades of secrets, rancor, and lies, and the few who know of the painting's existence have their lives snuffed out one by one by an unknown assassin. Revere must travel back to the grand cities of Europe to unravel the tangled history of the lost truck and its treasures before fifty years of hatred, greed, and retribution catch up with him.
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A stand alone masterpiece by Elkins
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An imaginative adaptation of lost WW II treasure.
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personally I think the main character is way too argumentative. everywhere he goes there's an argument waiting for him. but the plot holds together. it takes you through the history and through the landscape. the author has a wonderful way of conveying the sights and sounds and smells of different locales. lots of vignettes of local people.
world war II history
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Although the narrator’s grinding voice distracts from the story, and the accents of characters are horrible beyond belief, the audiobook itself is worth the listen.
Good story, awful narrator
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This book was a wonderful example of why I normally avoid histfiction: too good, too gripping! Now I need to read Monuments Men!
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accents. kept listening only because it was a good story.
terrible reader good story
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Whiny protagonist & awful narration
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horrible!
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