Tuesday, January 14, 2014

An Overview Of The Monuments Men Book

By Marissa Velazquez


The novel, The Monuments Men Book may be described as one of the greatest treasure hunt production of all time. This novel, written against the backdrop of World War II has a captivating storyline that outlines the plot by the German dictator, Adolf Hitler to rid Europe and in the process the Western World, of its culture and history. All literature and reading fanatics just have to find time to experience this awesome story.

The plot of this read entails the plan by Adolf Hitler, otherwise known as the Fuehrer, to conquer the western world. Part of his plot included the destruction of the art, culture and history of Europe through capturing great art pieces in different locations. The items, which he thought of as degenerate, were to be completely destroyed by his armies.

Basically, The Fuehrer had catalogued all items he thought should be destroyed. His plan was to use his armies to get the offensive items for the purpose of destruction within a certain time frame. While the soldiers were pursuing this plan, he on the other hand was forging ahead with his plan to conquer the Western world.

Everything gets interesting when a special group of American and British curators and museum directors get together in a campaign to save the items marked for destruction from the Nazis. This rescue group also included art historians. The 7-man unit formed by this group is normally referred to with the same name that forms the title of this novel.

Men and women who formed this team had to be motivated by immense bravery and a great love of art. This alone is what would have seen them through hardships that characterized the entire mission. Their act of courage has to be admired as not everyone would have the guts to pursue such a dangerous campaign all for the sake of a few inanimate objects.

A movie, going by the same title as the book yet to be released in February 2014, has been produced based on this novel. The cast of this production includes big names such as George Clooney, Matt Damon and even Cate Blanchet. With such names on the list, the film is almost guaranteed of becoming a big box office hit.

You may have heard certain persons saying that there is no greater pleasure than that experienced when reading a captivating novel. This may seem a little over the top, especially to non-readers, but to reading fanatics, this is the actual reality. Unlike movies, the actual scripts are normally full of details and emotions that may not always be captured by visual productions. This alone could be taken as a motivation to buy a copy of this great piece of work.

The review above only outlines the basic aspects of The Monuments Men Book. For you to get to experience everything that both the movie and the novel have to offer, you will have to get yourself a copy of either. In this way, you will get an opportunity to interact with the characters of the story at a personal level.




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