Lynn H. Nicholas, author of The Rape of Europa, was educated in the United States, England, and Spain, received her B.A. from Oxford University and, upon her return to the U.S., worked for several years in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. While living in Belgium in the early 1980’s, she initiated what would become 10 years of research for her first highly acclaimed book. The Rape of Europa was a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. She was elected to the Légion d’Honneur by the government of France, and in 2005 released her second book, Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web. Ms. Nicholas and her husband live in Washington, D.C.

Praise for The Rape of Europa

“A scholarly work that reads like a gripping adventure story”
-Washington Post

“Told with a mastery based on very extensive reading and research. Nicholas brings to her task historical perspective, a remarkable command of the economics of the art business and a feel for the appropriate and telling anecdote. This is a book with heroes and villains and a strong narrative line.”
-The New York Review of Books

“Her attention to detail is simply astounding, and she clarifies legends and myths. Nicholas’s book is must reading for people with a passionate, academic or professional interest in the subject.”
-Newsday

“Intriguing…suspenseful… a sensational story of moral courage and greatness of character in the face of pure evil”
-Houston Chronicle