Book description
17 October 1898.
An impossibly daring jewellery heist aboard a train at Paris's Gare
du Nord station captures the attention of the world.
Who would have dared to pull off such a feat?
Award-winning writer Duncan Hamilton reveals the true story of Harry
the Valet, the notorious crook who was the scourge of Victorian London.
Harry conned and stole his way into high society, living a life of
excess in London's best hotels and hang-outs. Dressed in bespoke suits
and handmade shoes, Harry outwitted Scotland Yard with his trademark
guile and panache.
With dozens of pseudonyms, no fixed address and a knowledge of his
city that allowed him to hide in its shadows, Harry seemed almost
invisible. Until, blinded by love, he carried out the robbery that
would prove his downfall.
Duncan Hamilton is the author of
Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20
Years with Brian Clough
which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2007. In 2009, he
was awarded the William Hill, again, for
Harold Larwood
, as well as winning the prestigious Wisden Book of the Year for 2009
and biography of the year at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards. He
lives in the Yorkshire Dales.
