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Jonathan Argyll Seria

Embark on a journey into the captivating world of art history, where the past intertwines with modern-day crime-solving. Follow the adventures of a passionate art historian and his sharp colleagues from Italy's elite Art Squad as they unravel mysteries hidden within famous masterpieces. Each investigation delves into elaborate art forgeries and deceptions, exposing the complex web of human ambition and intrigue that surrounds the art world.

Death and Restoration
Giotto's Hand
The Last Judgement
The Bernini Bust
The Titian Committee
The Raphael Affair

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  1. The Raphael Affair

    • 208 stron
    • 8 godzin czytania

    English art scholar Jonathan Argyll was amazed to find himself arrested for vagrancy-while searching for a long-lost Raphael in a tiny Roman church. Although General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad has little confidence in Jonathan's theories, Bottando's lovely assistant, Flavia di Stefano, is intrigued by the idea of a lost classic, and by Jonathan himself. But in the midst of the painting's discovery and the resultant worldwide publicity, a new chain of events is set into action. First vandalism, then murder, surround the painting. And as new facts about its true nature emerge, Bottando sends Flavia and Jonathan to investigate--little knowing that the pair will be on the run for the truth... and for their very lives.

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  2. The Titian Committee

    Art History Mystery

    • 240 stron
    • 9 godzin czytania

    Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad and art historian Jonathan Argyll have charmed mystery readers around the world. Their latest case is baffling to the extreme, when clues from a Titian researcher's death by mugging point to murder -- and a criminal conspiracy...

    The Titian Committee2
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  3. The Bernini Bust

    • 192 strony
    • 7 godzin czytania

    When art dealer Jonathan Argyll arrives in Los Angeles to drop off a painting, he discovers that there are a few devils loose in the City of Angels

    The Bernini Bust3
    3,6

  4. The Last Judgement

    • 256 stron
    • 9 godzin czytania

    The attempted sale of an obscure 18th-century painting goes murderously awry in this newest mystery starring impoverished art-dealer sleuth Jonathan Argyll, from the bestselling author of The Raphael Affair and The Titian Committee.

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    3,7

  5. Giotto's Hand

    • 304 strony
    • 11 godzin czytania

    General Bottando of Rome’s Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind—dubbed “Giotto”—has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory—prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman—is scorned by archrival Corrado Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing.Bottando’s right hand, the beautiful Flavia di Stefano, quickly locates a possible culprit—but he’s in England. Since the conniving Argan considers even a trip across town an unnecessary expense for Bottando’s squad, Flavia must rely on her fiancé, Jonathan Argyll. In England on business, he finds the suspect suspiciously dead. That’s a pity—especially for Jonathan. Were he not on the scene—raving about art thefts and coincidences—the police may have ruled that the deceased had a few too many and tripped on a loose stair. Now, Jonathan’s passport has been lifted until Her Majesty’s magistrate is satisfied that he has told all he knows…

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  6. Death and Restoration

    • 224 strony
    • 8 godzin czytania

    Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Squad receives a tip-off that a raid is being planned on the monastery of San Giovanni. The raid takes place, but the thieves snatch the wrong painting, an unremarkable icon of the Madonna. Soon afterwards a French dealer is found murdered in the Tiber.

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  7. The Immaculate Deception

    • 273 strony
    • 10 godzin czytania

    "When an important, politically sensitive painting is kidnapped in Rome, life takes a downward turn for Flavia di Stefano, acting head of the Italian Art Theft Squad." "Things start badly when Flavia is told to get the painting back at all costs without causing any embarassment to the country and without paying a ransom. Put in an impossible position, she turns for help to her old mentor General Taddeo Bottando, who is able to cast a wholly unexpected light on the crime. Flavia herself wonders if the subject of the painting, a classical landscape by Claude Lorraine, might be significant." "In the meantime, her husband, the English art historian Jonathan Argyll, embarks on an investigation of his own. As a gift to Bottando, he decides to establish the provenance of a small Renaissance painting, an Immaculate Conception, currently hanging on the wall of the general's apartment." "For both Argyll and Flavia, the search for the truth reveals shocking secrets from the past and leads them straight into the path of some very dangerous enemies indeed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

    The Immaculate Deception7
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