Don't miss this exclusive lecture, discussion and book signing by Robert Edsel, the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed 2013 book "Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis."

Edsel's dramatic story chronicles the little-known heroic effort of two U.S. soldiers—an artist and an historian—dispatched to Italy on the eve of the Allied invasion to find and protect mankind's greatest art treasures from combat destruction and ransacking Nazis. The author's previous book, "The Monuments Men," about saving masterpieces and cultural artifacts throughout Europe during WWII, is being filmed as a major motion picture starring George Clooney, and scheduled for a Winter 2013 release.

The event is free and open to the public. Monday, May 20, 6-8 p.m., at NIAF Headquarters, 1860 19th St. NW, Washington, D.C. For more information, contact Kyla at kmckenna@niaf.org or 202-939-3117.

Fonte: NIAF