A new book about the audacious Louvre museum heist is in the works.
Zando will publish Alex von Tunzelmann’s The Louvre Heist, the press announced in a news release. It says the book “will relay the sensational story as a pacy thriller, offer a glimpse into the grimy criminal underworld that barters in our greatest national treasures, and mine the rich historical context of France’s crown jewels so the aftershocks to French culture following their theft are fully felt.”
The heist in the Paris museum took place on Oct. 19, when a group of thieves cut open a window and stole several French crown jewels with a value of more than $100 million. The jewels have not been found, but five people have been charged in the theft.
Von Tunzelmann’s book, Zando says, “will follow the gripping tick-tock of events as they unfolded that quiet Sunday morning in October, while weaving in the story of the planning and execution of the heist, and the police investigation and the trial that will follow.”
Von Tunzelmann, whose previous books include Red Heat and Blood and Sand, said in a statement, “As politicians raged against what some of them saw as an attack on France itself, and details emerged suggesting the suspects were men from France’s former colonies who had taken a pop at the ultimate symbols of the empire, I realized there was a deeper and more profound story to be told. When France’s ‘present’ raids its ‘past,’ history is brought into sharp relevance.”
There’s no publication date set for The Louvre Heist.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
