The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty

Ben Macintyre
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Arthur Conan Doyle fictionalized him as the superhuman Professor Moriarty, and the popular press luridly chronicled his daring heists, though the police never managed to convict him of anything major until he was nearly 50. Forgotten since his 19th-century heyday, master thief Adam Worth (1844-1902) gets a contemporary dusting-off in this cheerfully cynical biography by a British journalist, who sees Worth's story as a case study in Victorian hypocrisy. The colorful New York and London underworlds are as meticulously described as Worth's surprisingly attractive personality.
Genres: HistoryNonfictionBiographyTrue CrimeCrimeHistoricalArtBiography Memoir19th CenturyResearch
320 Pages

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