Mill House Book Club
1:00 pm - 3rd Wednesday of the Month
The Nutman
1333 State Road 175, Suite B, Hubertus, WI
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June 19, 2024
Title: The Art Thief
Author:
Michael Finkel
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart’s content.
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July 17: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
August 21: Blood & Treasure, Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
