Napoleon the art thief

<p>Napoleon didn’t just humiliate his European rivals on the battlefield, he also looted their finest works of art. Author Cynthia Saltzman tells us about her latest book,&nbsp;<em>Napoleon’s Plunder and the Theft of Veronese’s Feast</em>, which explores the French leader’s proclivity for plundering Renaissance masterpieces and spiriting them back to France</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(Ad) Cynthia Saltzman is the author of&nbsp;<em>Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast&nbsp;</em>(Thames and Hudson, 2021). Buy it now on Amazon:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleons-Plunder-Theft-Veroneses-Feast/dp/0500252572/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleons-Plunder-Theft-Veroneses-Feast/dp/0500252572/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>