The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel Thief - Hardcover

Hamilton, Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846058139 ISBN 13: 9781846058134

Publisher: Century, 2011

Synopsis

Duncan Hamilton tells the story of the amazingly accomplished jewel thief known as 'Harry the Valet', whose career of robbing the aristocracy lasted from 1876 to 1923 and whose final mistake was to let love cloud his judgement.

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Review:

"That anecdote, one of many in a pacey book by the moonlighting sports historian Duncan Hamilton, illustrates well the absurdities of etiquette in Victorian Britain that made Harry's colourful career possible." (Brian Schofield Sunday Times)

"Backed by newspaper accounts of the day, Duncan Hamilton's biography is colourful, entertaining and well-researched." (Manchester Evening News)

"[Hamilton] tells a lively tale with verve and panache that do justice to his incorrigible subject" (Country Life)

"The astonishing true story of the most notorious jewel theif in Victorian London, this has all the hallmarks of the finest detective novel, but has romance at its heart and a love stort that endured to the very end of Harry's life." (Western Morning News)

Book Description:

The true story of the rise and fall of Harry the Valet, the most audacious and notorious Victorian Jewel thief.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846058139
• ISBN 13: 9781846058134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304