The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo : Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire Hardback
by Robin Quinn
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THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO. 'Brilliant - a terrific read' - Michael Aspel OBE'The best book I've read all year' - Nigel Jones, editor, Devonshire MagazineCharles Deville Wells broke the bank at Monte Carlo - not once but ten times - winning the equivalent of millions in today's money.
He followed up with a colossal bank fraud in Paris, and became Europe's most wanted criminal, hunted by British and French police and known in the press as 'Monte Carlo Wells - the man with 36 aliases'. Is he phenomenally lucky? Has he really invented an 'infallible' gambling system, as he claims? Or is he just an exceptionally clever fraudster?
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:8 Plates, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:01/08/2016
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- ISBN:9780750961776
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:8 Plates, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:01/08/2016
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- ISBN:9780750961776