Vernon Silver

The Lost Chalice: the Real-life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-year-old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy Vernon Silver 1 Reprint edition

?A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world?s most prestigious museums?. A terrific read, from start to finish.?
?James L. Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

An Oxford-trained archaeologist and award-winning journalist based in Rome, Vernon Silver brings us The Lost Chalice, the electrifying true story of the race to secure a priceless, 2,500-year-old cup depicting the fall of Troy?a lost treasure crafted by Euphronios, an artist widely considered ?the Leonardo Da Vinci of ancient Greece.? A gripping, real life mystery, The Lost Chalice gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of great museums and antiquities collections?exposing a world of greed, backstabbing, and double-dealing.