Intrigue a l'anglaise by Adrien Goetz
Trois metres de toile manquent a la fameuse tapisserie de Bayeux, qui decrit la conquete de l'Angleterre par Guillaume le Conquerant. Que representaient-ils ? Les historiens se perdent en conjectures. Une jeune conservatrice du patrimoine, Penelope Breuil, s'ennuie au musee de Bayeux, jusqu'au jour ou la directrice du musee, dont elle est l'adjointe, est victime d'une tentative de meurtre Entre-temps, des fragments de tapisserie ont ete mis aux encheres a Drouot. Penelope, chargee par le directeur du Louvre de mener discretement une enquete, va jouer les detectives et reconstituer l'histoire millenaire de la tapisserie, de 1066 a la mort tragique de Lady Diana sous le pont de l'Alma...Intrigue a l'anglaise a recu le prix Arsene Lupin.
Adrien Goetz is a prominent French art historian and editor-in-chief of Grande Galerie and Le Journal du Louvre. He has published numerous books on subjects such as Ingres' collages and various French museum collections. He has also written award-winning fiction, featuring art as its central theme. In 2007 he was decorated with a prestigious award from the Acadü¾Ž–”¼mie Franü¾¶”¼aise (le grand prix Franü¾¶”¼ois-Victor Noury of the Institut de France). Claudette Joannis is a head curator at the national museum of Malmaison in France, where she is responsible for textiles and jewelry. She has curated several exhibitions on jewels, and has written exhibition catalogues and contributed to an international dictionary of jewelry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782253123422 |
| ISBN 10 | 2253123420 |
| Title | Intrigue a l'anglaise |
| Author | Adrien Goetz |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Le Livre de poche |
| Year published | 2008-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 314 |
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