A gentleman and a thief the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue
A skilled con artist and one of the most successful burglars in history, Arthur Barry was adept at slipping in and out of bedrooms undetected, even when his victims slept only inches away. He became a folk hero, a gentleman bandit touted in the press as the "Prince of Thieves" and an "Aristocrat of...
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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