内容简介:
When the director of Madridas prestigious Prado Museum learns that its most famous painting, Goyaas The Nude Maja, is a forgery, he turns to David Croft, world-renowned art historian, to find the original. The 1800 painting was controversial at its inception and now, more than two hundred years later, it has again become the center of attention. Croftas task is not an easy one. Spainas ruthless Basque terrorist organization, ETA, is after the painting for the money it can bring, while Japanas wealthy art patron, Ishii Tanaka, is determined to add the painting to his eclectic collection. Caught between these two ruthless enemies who are not above deceit, murder and car bombings to get the painting, David Croft must not only locate The Nude Maja firsta].he must also stay alive.