The Napoleon of Crime. The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Masterthief. - Ben Macintyre
the life and times of Adam Worth, master thief
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The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did. Following a strict code of honor, Worth won the respect of Victorian society. He also aroused its fear by becoming a chilling phantom, mingling undetected with the upper classes, whose valuables he brazenly stole. His most celebrated heist: Gainsborough's grand portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire--ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales--a pa...
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1997 Uitgever: Farrar Straus Giroux 336 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0374218994 ISBN-13: 9780374218997Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's gray cloth spine, black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine & frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: frontispiece portrait, xij, 336pp., illustrations, acknowledgements, chapternotes & references, index. Very fine copy - as n...