04794cam a2200853 4500 1147704525 TxGeo 20240218120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668020906 1668020904 B0C7RMHHPB Amazon 9d6c324c-ed11-4da6-b691-e6f5d47cf3b2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9919810 OverDrive (Product ID) TxGeo Miller, Derek B. The Curse of Pietro Houdini [Libby (Advantage)]. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2024. World War II. War. still life. Action. Rome. Naples. italian. Monastery. Abbey. Historical Fiction. Nazi. Adventure. WWII. coming-of-age. Renaissance art. heist. Tuscany. Italy. quiet time. Donna Tartt. the goldfinch. Anthony Doerr. david benioff. Titian. all the light we cannot see. the art forger. Sarah Winman. city of thieves. julie orringer. the paris library. Janet Skeslien Charles. american by day. battle of montecassino. flight portfolio. how to find your way in the dark. norwegian by night. radio life. the girl in green. v.a. shapiro. bombing of the abbey of monte cassino. world war ii anniversary. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7074kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>From the Dagger Award–winning author of <i>Norwegian by Night</i> comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—for fans of <i>All the Light We Cannot See</i>.</b><br /> August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed "Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican," rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls.<br /> <br /> But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a café owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the "safe keeping" of the Germans.<br /> <br /> Heartfelt, powerfully engaging, and in the tradition of <i>City of Thieves</i> by David Benioff, <i>The Curse of Pietro Houdini</i> is a work of storytelling bravado: a thrilling action-packed adventure heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history, and a philosophical coming-of-age epic where a child navigates one of the most enigmatic and morally complex fronts of World War II and lives to tell the tale. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-02-17 20:00:03. Advantage title. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9d6c324c-ed11-4da6-b691-e6f5d47cf3b2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9d6c324c-ed11-4da6-b691-e6f5d47cf3b2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9d6c324c-ed11-4da6-b691-e6f5d47cf3b2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) QS5