Napoleon the art thief

Published: May 20, 2021, 11 p.m.

b"Napoleon didn\\u2019t just humiliate his European rivals on the battlefield, he also looted their finest works of art. Author Cynthia Saltzman tells us about her latest book,\\xa0Napoleon\\u2019s Plunder and the Theft of Veronese\\u2019s Feast, which explores the French leader\\u2019s proclivity for plundering Renaissance masterpieces and spiriting them back to France\\n\\xa0\\n(Ad) Cynthia Saltzman is the author of\\xa0Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast\\xa0(Thames and Hudson, 2021). Buy it now on Amazon:\\xa0https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleons-Plunder-Theft-Veroneses-Feast/dp/0500252572/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"