CONTENTS
Title Page
Epigraph
Musée du Louvre
Primary Louvre Storage Depots During World War II
Itinerary of the Mona Lisa
Selected Individuals and Organizations
Prologue
PART I
FROM WAR TO WAR
FALL 1187 to SUMMER 1938
ONE:
Protecting Paris, Protecting Art
TWO:
World War I
THREE:
Drums of Another War
PART II
INTO EXILE
FALL 1938 to SPRING 1940
FOUR:
Final Preparations
FIVE:
How to Move a Masterpiece
SIX:
Chambord
SEVEN:
Cheverny
EIGHT:
Courtalain
NINE:
Valençay
PART III
EXODUS, ART AND OCCUPIERS
SPRING 1940 to FALL 1942
TEN:
Exodus
ELEVEN:
Debacle
TWELVE:
Occupiers With an Eye for Art
THIRTEEN:
Loc-Dieu Abbey
FOURTEEN:
Valençay at War
FIFTEEN:
Paris
SIXTEEN:
Montauban, 1941
SEVENTEEN:
Château de Sourches
EIGHTEEN:
Montauban, 1942
PART IV
NEW BORDERS, NEW BATTLES
NOVEMBER 1942 to DECEMBER 1943
NINETEEN:
Insincere Intentions
TWENTY:
Château de Montal
TWENTY-ONE:
A Château Life
TWENTY-TWO:
Resistance
TWENTY-THREE:
Thieves and Spies
TWENTY-FOUR:
From Heaven and Earth
TWENTY-FIVE:
Friends and Enemies
PART V
DANGER, HOPE AND FREEDOM
JANUARY 1944 to AUGUST 1944
TWENTY-SIX:
Cat and Mouse
TWENTY-SEVEN:
Rough Road Toward Freedom
TWENTY-EIGHT:
Insurrection
TWENTY-NINE:
Retreat and Retribution
THIRTY:
Liberation
PART VI
HOMECOMING
AUGUST 1944 to OCTOBER 1947
THIRTY-ONE:
Last Echoes of War
THIRTY-TWO:
Coming Home
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
Index
Photo Credits
About the Author
Copyright