Review Detail

What I liked:
Historical fiction is an opportunity to take a piece of our nightmarish history and shine a line on it through a different lens than just the war itself. This time, Sharon Cameron is looking at the battle and sharing information through the art of forging and the desperate lives of babies and children whom Hiliter wanted to destroy. In Artifice, you learn a lot about what goes into the paintings and how hard it is to recreate them to make them look real enough. Artifice has everything: art forgery, the Dutch resistance, hidden paintings, double-crossing, messy family dynamics, and self-doubt.
Final Verdict:
Worth is not always seen on the surface, and forgery can be challenging to spot. A talented artist takes his talents and forges paintings and can save 600 Jewish children from certain death. Little did the Germans know the money they spent was used to defy them directly. Based on real people. Artifice shows a story of defiance, bravery, and resilience—an exciting, eye-opening look at our history.