SEATTLE, On Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. author Michelle Young will talk about her book of art and intrigue in Nazi-occupied France, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland. Praised in Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025, The Art Spy is a riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, that uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world’s most treasured masterpieces.
Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of Rose Valland, the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi’s art looting headquarters in the French capital. A veritable female Monuments Man, Valland has, until now, been written out of the annals, despite bearing witness to history’s largest art theft. While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him.
The book talk, signing and audience Q&A are free with Museum admission.
For Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org
