LoLT: The British Library Hack and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer and North Woods by Daniel Mason. Then Dave shares the heartbreaking story of the hack on the British Library. Links The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer The Last Mona Lisa_ by Jonathan Santlofer Jonathan Santlofer’s website Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith Podcast: Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Podcast: Spain: Valencia, Velázquez, and Vermouth North Woods by Daniel Mason British Library website Knowledge Under Attack Rhysida, The New Ransomware Gang Behind British Library Cyber-Attack How to Lose a Library Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, a caper set in the underbelly of the art world.
0:05.1	The many stories of a 400-year-old barn.
0:08.5	Plus, our distraction of the week.
0:10.6	I'm Mel.
0:11.2	I'm Dave.
0:12.0	This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:16.8	I love a thriller set in the art world.
0:19.9	Sure.
0:20.3	I'm a longtime fan of the Gabriel-Lahn series by Daniel Silva.
0:24.6	For anyone not familiar, Gabriel is not only a deadly assassin.
0:28.8	He's also the world's foremost art restorer.
0:31.9	Which is a unique combination of skills.
0:34.0	It sounds ridiculous, but somehow when you're reading the books, it makes perfect sense.
0:37.9	Okay.
0:38.3	In addition to Gabriel and his unusual set of skills, those books have very entertaining spy hijinks with incredibly high stakes and lots of amazing details about art forgery, art reproductions, and painting restoration.
0:53.9	I also really loved the last painting of Sarah DeVos
0:56.8	by Dominic Smith. That one is an art caper about a very talented forger and the theft of a
1:02.5	famous Dutch painting. I talked about that one in our museums episode. So, I am primed to enjoy a new
1:09.3	novel about a masterpiece handed down through the ages.
1:13.4	It's the Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santloffer.
1:17.3	Well, there is claimed to be actual lost works by Van Gogh.
1:21.6	Yes, Santloffer bases his novels on true art crimes.
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