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Confessions of a master jewel thief

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The memoir of a high-society thief who stole more than $35 million worth of jewels during his career discusses the celebrities who were among his victims, the shooting that nearly ended his life, his brief incarceration, and his years as a fugitive.

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Publisher
Villard Books
Language
English
Pages
365

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Cover of: Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
2005, Random House Publishing Group
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Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
April 13, 2004, Villard
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Cover of: Confessions of a master jewel thief
Confessions of a master jewel thief
2003, Villard Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Confessions of a master jewel thief
Confessions of a master jewel thief
2003, Villard Books
in English - 1st ed.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.15/52, B
Library of Congress
HV6653.M3 A3 2003, HV6653.M3A3 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 365 p. :
Number of pages
365

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24751759M
Internet Archive
confessionsofmas00maso
ISBN 10
0375508392
ISBN 13
9780375508394
LCCN
2003053758
OCLC/WorldCat
52341464

Work Description

The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewel thief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining an outwardly conventional life--an astonishing and completely true story, the like of which has never before been told . . . or lived.Bill Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller--he even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into leaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie's and Sotheby's into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt. Yet despite the best efforts of law enforcement authorities from several states as well as the federal government, he spent less than three years total in prison.Shadowy, elusive and intensely private, Mason has been the subject of many magazine and newspaper features, but no journalist has ever come close to knowing the facts. Now, in his own words and with no holds barred, he reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the reporters, detectives or FBI agents who pursued Mason ever imagined. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, expertly co-written by bestselling author Lee Gruenfeld, is a unique true-crime confessional.From the Hardcover edition.

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