The Forger's Spell / A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

Profiles the dramatic art hoax through which a small-time Dutch painter conned a reviled Nazi leader by creating works that impersonated those of famed artist Jan Vermeer, a seven-year deception during which the forger hid his mediocre artistic abilities through psychologically manipulative practices. 30,000 first printing.