Thrillers & Suspense
Date Published: Sept 9, 2021
As the son of a crofter family young Berend Bouters natural talent finds
him in the prestigious Art Academy of Amsterdam. It is early 1900.
Everything points to a successful career as an artist, he works along
Mondrian, becomes part of the Barbizon movement, until life throws him a
curve ball. During the First World War, Holland remains neutral, Berend
becomes the owner of a barge and during heart-stopping escapades, smuggles
goods to occupied Belgium for which he is richly rewarded. When the war is
over, authorities confiscate all his belongings. To rebuild his fortune, he
ingeniously schemes to adopt a new identity though Switzerland, he becomes
Baron Fernando Del Muntanyes, the famous Antiquarian. But when he becomes
involved in the greatest art heist of the century, the theft of a 15th
century panel of The Adoration of the Lamb from the St.Bavo cathedral in
Ghent, he is relentlessly pursued by the police. Ultimately with the
Sicilian mafia and the Belgian police on his tail he spectacularly escapes
on board of the Hindenburg Zeppelin to America. It seems to give him a new
start, will it?
About the Author
As an adventurer, business man and art-historian, Alfred Balm is a man of
many talents. After building a multinational business conglomerate he
decided to follow his passion and obtained a degree in Art History. His
passion for art and his experience of growing up in Nazi occupied Holland
resulted in captivating accounts of what might have happened to one of
Holland’s national treasures. His personal experience and his knowledge of
art history add additional depth and facts to an excellent work of
fiction.
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