The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
by Debra Dean
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Author: Debra DeanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-19
ISBN: 0060825316
Number of pages: 231
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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- ISBN13: 9780060825317
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Book Review: Art in times of war
Summary: 5 Stars
The Madonnas of Leningrad (P.S.)
Having recently visited St Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) and visited the stunning Hermitage Museum, I was intrigued to read this. In wartime all the paintings and many of the artefacts in the museum were packed up and stored in places of safety. The story is told from the viewpoint of Marina, a tour guide at the Hermitage, who helped to save the paintings. Some of the practicalities are fascinating: the paintings were stripped from their frames, and cross referenced then stored in size order. The empty frames were left on the walls to make it easier to return them to their rightful places later.
As visitors continued to visit the Hermitage during the war, there were occasional guided tours around the empty frames, with such excellent descriptions of the missing pictures that the visitors felt they could see the pictures for themselves
Fascinating, moving, a book I shall be happy to re-read.
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