Vermeer's Lady in Waiting

Millicent Clermont must learn what is real or fake in art, life, and love. A painting discovered in her mentor's Virginia plantation is on the list of Nazi looted art. Is it a real Vermeer? Was does the secret code in the overpainting mean and why will people kill for it? From the majestic halls of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and the luscious landscapes of VIrginia, to Paris, Jerusalem, and Germany, readers will be enthralled with fascinating details of painting authentication, forgeries, and the Nazi desecration of the world's cultural treasures.