by Ben Macintyre · Ediciones B. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440679871
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«El Napoleón de los ladrones» is the biography of Adam Worth by Ben Macintyre, published by Ediciones B in paperback (173 pages, in Spanish).
Adam Worth began his criminal career in the American Civil War and ended up directing robberies and frauds in New York, Paris and London. Macintyre presents him as a false aristocrat in Victorian society while detective William Pinkerton pursues him; his most famous heist was stealing the Gainsborough of the Duchess of Devonshire.
Originally published as «The Napoleon of Crime» in 1997; this Spanish edition is from 1999.
A book for those interested in biographies of real crimes and Victorian society.
Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre is a British writer. He has written many books, and received numerous awards for both fiction and non-fiction works.
