King of the confessors
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Résumé
The former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the cloak-and-dagger story of his quest for an enigmatic medieval ivory cross, reputed to be a fake, that turns up in the hands of a shady dealer. Hoving describes the… bitter contest among nations and museums for the incomparable cross, his chase through the clandestine world of international dealers, and his own desperate research to establish the authenticity of the artifact. 1981.