The Amber Room The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure

by Scott-Clark, Catherine; Levy, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9780425203781
• ISBN10: 0425203786
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-05
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

One of mankind's greatest treasures, the Amber Room stood as a symbol of Russian glory for over two hundred years. But after the Nazi invasion, it was never seen again. Now, in a masterpiece of detection, investigative journalists Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy have at last unraveled the jumble of evidence surrounding the Amber Room's fate. Journeying through the former Soviet bloc, and exploring archives in St. Petersburg and Berlin, they reveal what happened to the most valuable lost treasure in the world-and why the truth has been withheld for so long. Their revelations have broken a conspiracy of lies by the Russians who, for decades, have blamed the Amber Room's disappearance on the widespread looting of Nazi Germany, rather than face the shocking truth.

Author Biography

Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are internationally renowned investigative journalists who worked as staff writers and foreign correspondents for the Sunday Times of London for seven years before joining the Guardian as senior correspondents. Their first book, The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade, was published to critical acclaim in 2001.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Note on Transliteration	p. xviii
Dramatis Personae	p. xix
Maps	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 3
The Amber Room	p. 9
Notes	p. 359
Bibliography	p. 372
Index	p. 377
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