The thieves of Threadneedle Street : the incredible true story of the American forgers who nearly broke the Bank of England / Nicholas Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Booth, Nicholas, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bidwell, Austin.

Bank of England--History.

Bank of England.

Forgery--England--London--History--19th century.

Forgery.

History.

England--London.

Genre:

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.

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.

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.

Notes:

Originally published: Stroud : The History Press, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey fund bookplate.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of

ISBN:

9781681772400

168177240X