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Priceless : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures / Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman

This memoir recounts a twenty-year career as an undercover FBI agent specialising in the recovery of stolen art and antiquities. It details international operations to retrieve items ranging from Impressionist paintings to significant cultural and historical artefacts.
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Accession Number: 13875
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