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Booth does justice to the incredible true story of a group of audacious swindlers who took advantage of gaping holes in 19th-century British banking but were tripped up by a silly mistake. With a novelist s flair, Booth opens with that criminal error. This account, the first to make use of the Bank of England s archives, is likely to be the definitive narrative of this spectacular (if now obscure) crime.

A review cannot possibly convey the sheer fun of this story. . . . Or the fascinating moral complexities.

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Nicholas Booth is a writer and broadcaster. His most recent book was the acclaimed Zigzag - the incredible wartime exploits of double agent Eddie Chapman which is now in production by Tom Hanks Playtone company for Warners. A former newspaper journalist, editorial director, and mobile publisher, he lives in Cheshire, England with his wife.

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