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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Booth, Nicholas, 1964- author.     Subjects     Bidwell, Austin.     Bank of England -- History.     Forgery -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Booth, Nicholas, 1964- author.       by title:      The thieves of Threa...         MARC Display

The thieves of Threadneedle Street : the incredible true story of the American forgers who nearly broke the Bank of England / Nicholas Booth. by Booth, Nicholas, 1964- author. New York : Pegasus Books, 2016. Subjects Bidwell, Austin.   Bank of England -- History.   Forgery -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781681772400 (hbk.) : 168177240X Description:  351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. Contents:  'For lack of a nail' -- Formidable rascals -- Strangers, silk hats, and salting wells -- Rogues' gallery -- The social triumphs of a silver king -- Mistresses of misfortune -- The skewering of Colonel Peregrine Madgwick Francis -- The finer arts of forgery -- Hearts and minds -- Strange messengers -- Devil to pay -- Before your very eyes -- Cat and mouse -- Means of escape -- The melancholy of all things done. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In the summer of 1873, four American forgers went on trial at the Old Bailey--London's iconic law court--for the greatest fraud the world had ever seen. The attempted crime: stealing five million dollars from the Bank of England from under the noses of its unsuspecting officials. [In this book], Booth tells the extraordinary true story of the forgers' earliest escapades in Chicago, Louisville, and Manhattan, culminating with the heist at the world's leading financial institution"--Amazon.com.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 364.1635 Bo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1635 Bo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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