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"In her masterful biography of one of the greatest unknown heroines of World War II, Michelle Young brings the French art historian Rose Valland to brilliant life and finally gives her the credit she is due. Daily risking her life during the war to document the Nazis' looting of tens of thousands of French works of art, the quiet, unassuming Valland then helped locate and return the vast majority of those treasures after the conflict. A gripping account of Valland's passionate one-woman fight to preserve France's artistic heritage, The Art Spy is a must-read." - Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Madame Fourcade's Secret War
"In the meticulously researched and beautifully written The Art Spy, Young brings to life a forgotten heroine of World War II, one who richly deserves this posthumous portrayal. Rose Valland's courage and ingenuity in the face of Nazi brutality is staggering, as is the shocking extent to which the Germans hunted down, looted, sold, and even burned irreplaceable works of art, many of which have never been recovered. A must read, and highly recommended." - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
"At last, the greatest spy of wartime Paris has her story told. Working in a museum turned fortress where Nazi occupiers were staging the biggest art theft in history, Rose Valland played a game against the Reich with impossibly high stakes. At play were lives, the world's masterpieces, and the course of the war itself. Michelle Young writes with the clarity of a historian and the pacing of a thriller." - Elyse Graham, author of Book and Dagger
"Rose Valland might have remained a shadowy footnote in history in less skilled hands. But at the heart of Michelle Young's thrilling debut-packed with the intrigue of a spy novel, the tension of a wartime thriller, and the vivid detail of great narrative history-is groundbreaking research that restores Valland in all her depth, revealing a figure as richly drawn as the masterpieces she fought to save. With The Art Spy, Young arrives as a major new voice in narrative nonfiction." - Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Stowaway
"The Art Spy puts readers in the front row as a long-overlooked treasure is uncrated. Michelle Young brushes the dust away, page by page, to reveal a WWII hero of quiet brilliance and considerable sang froid. Rose Valland, patriotic protector of France's patrimony, deserves this fine showcase." - Christopher C. Gorham, author of The Confidante
"An engaging read about almost-unthinkable courage that also features malicious foes, espionage, and art masterpieces. An unmissable gem." - Gerri Chanel, author of Saving Mona Lisa
"After four years of all-out research in France and America using many unpublished documents, Michelle Young finally allows us to bring Rose Valland to life and discover the important role played by her partner Joyce Heer, during fifty years of their life together. After thirty years, the goal set by the Association 'La Mémoire de Rose Valland' is finally achieved through The Art Spy: to promote Rose Valland's work and bring her out of the shadows." - Association La Mémoire de Rose Valland
"Finally! The untold story of Rose Valland, whose mousey appearance and self-effacing demeanor disguised, like Clark Kent to Superman, a woman with a secret life in the nightclubs of Paris, who, with intelligence and courage, fought by day to save the capital's art treasures from the German occupiers in World War II Paris." - Tilar Mazzeo, bestselling author of Irena's Children
"In the meticulously researched and beautifully written The Art Spy, Young brings to life a forgotten heroine of World War II, one who richly deserves this posthumous portrayal. Rose Valland's courage and ingenuity in the face of Nazi brutality is staggering, as is the shocking extent to which the Germans hunted down, looted, sold, and even burned irreplaceable works of art, many of which have never been recovered. A must read, and highly recommended." - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
"At last, the greatest spy of wartime Paris has her story told. Working in a museum turned fortress where Nazi occupiers were staging the biggest art theft in history, Rose Valland played a game against the Reich with impossibly high stakes. At play were lives, the world's masterpieces, and the course of the war itself. Michelle Young writes with the clarity of a historian and the pacing of a thriller." - Elyse Graham, author of Book and Dagger
"Rose Valland might have remained a shadowy footnote in history in less skilled hands. But at the heart of Michelle Young's thrilling debut-packed with the intrigue of a spy novel, the tension of a wartime thriller, and the vivid detail of great narrative history-is groundbreaking research that restores Valland in all her depth, revealing a figure as richly drawn as the masterpieces she fought to save. With The Art Spy, Young arrives as a major new voice in narrative nonfiction." - Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Stowaway
"The Art Spy puts readers in the front row as a long-overlooked treasure is uncrated. Michelle Young brushes the dust away, page by page, to reveal a WWII hero of quiet brilliance and considerable sang froid. Rose Valland, patriotic protector of France's patrimony, deserves this fine showcase." - Christopher C. Gorham, author of The Confidante
"An engaging read about almost-unthinkable courage that also features malicious foes, espionage, and art masterpieces. An unmissable gem." - Gerri Chanel, author of Saving Mona Lisa
"After four years of all-out research in France and America using many unpublished documents, Michelle Young finally allows us to bring Rose Valland to life and discover the important role played by her partner Joyce Heer, during fifty years of their life together. After thirty years, the goal set by the Association 'La Mémoire de Rose Valland' is finally achieved through The Art Spy: to promote Rose Valland's work and bring her out of the shadows." - Association La Mémoire de Rose Valland
"Finally! The untold story of Rose Valland, whose mousey appearance and self-effacing demeanor disguised, like Clark Kent to Superman, a woman with a secret life in the nightclubs of Paris, who, with intelligence and courage, fought by day to save the capital's art treasures from the German occupiers in World War II Paris." - Tilar Mazzeo, bestselling author of Irena's Children