The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's Hunt for the World's Most Valuable N ecklace - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Molly Caldwell CrosbyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-12-03Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425253731ISBN-10:425253732UPC:9780425253731Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCWYGNWGKC
London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and thieves. In transit to London from Paris, the necklace vanishes without a trace. Joseph Grizzard, "the King of Fences," is the leader of a vast gang of thieves in London's East End. Having risen from the deadly streets to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425253731ISBN-10:425253732UPC:9780425253731Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCWYGNWGKC
Molly Caldwell Crosby is the national bestselling author of Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries and The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History, which has been nominated for several awards. Crosby holds a master of arts degree in nonfiction and science writing from Johns Hopkins University and previously...
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