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The Last Masterpiece

A Novel of World War II Italy

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The Last Masterpiece

Written by: Laura Morelli
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen, Christa Lewis
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In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.

In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.

When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.

But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.

The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?

Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy.

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©2023 Laura Morelli (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers
20th Century Espionage Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Italy War Heartfelt Mystery
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Not only for the story and the amazing story, but the historical facts. If only I could’ve had this way of learning in school, then I would’ve remembered so much more and enjoyed it. Laura Morelli is a great author and researcher, and I await more of her books.

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