The curse of Pietro Houdini: a novel
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9781668020883
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| Grouping Title | curse of pietro houdini |
| Grouping Author | derek b miller |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-08-04 05:08:38AM |
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Miller, Derek B., 1970-
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"August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed 'Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,' rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a cafe owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the 'safe keeping' of the Germans."--
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2024
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Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
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Art -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Italy -- Fiction
Orphans -- Italy -- Fiction
Smugglers -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Italy -- Fiction
Orphans -- Italy -- Fiction
Smugglers -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
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The curse of Pietro Houdini : a novel
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The curse of Pietro Houdini : a novel / Derek B. Miller
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The curse of Pietro Houdini
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a novel
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Art
Orphans
Smugglers
World War, 1939-1945
Orphans
Smugglers
World War, 1939-1945
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