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Brunetti is approached for a favour by one of his wife's students. Claudia Leonardo asks for his help in obtaining a pardon for a crime once committed by her now-dead grandfather. Brunetti thinks little of it, until Claudia is found dead. Soon, another corpse and an extraordinary art collection leads Brunetti to long-buried secrets of Nazi collaboration and the exploitation of Italian Jews. Print run 100,000.
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IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
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The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....
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