{"product_id":"provenance","title":"Provenance","description":"Description for PROVENANCE by Frank McDonald: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nParis, 1895:  Aaron Rostand buys his first painting---a Vermeer---at auction for 200 francs, founding his gallery and the family fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nParis, 1940:  Paul Drach, warned that his name appears on a Gestapo list of suspected subversives, conceals his family's precious collection of Impressionist paintings in the false front of a truck and attempts to flee the city.  He is caught and tortured by the Nazis, and soon afterwards Jewish art collections all over Paris are seized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nNew York, 1979:  Andre Rostand tries to regain his father's paintings in an auction at Sotheby Parke Bernet.  Fearful that rival dealers might be conspiring against him, he retains Alex Drach, a young art investigator to whom he has long acted as guardian and friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nPROVENANCE is a sweeping and powerful novel about a hoard of art masterpieces stolen by the Nazis during World War II---those who collected the paintings, stole them, and now propose to sell them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42954791616728,"sku":"B000EZZMB8","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/Provenance.jpg?v=1654994497","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/provenance","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}