num_pages: 350
description: Adam Worth started his career as a professional deserter during the American Civil War but it wasn't long before he made a name for himself as a fraudster and bank robber in Manhattan's notorious Bowery district. Much more than a talented crook, Worth's ability to imitate the upper classes and move amongst them gave him ample opportunities to rob them blind. His most audacious coup - the theft of the world's most valuable painting - was an act which cemented his notoriety around the world and earned him an enduring place in fiction, as the model for Conan Doyle's evil genius, Professor Moriarty.
language: English
title: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty
titlecomplete: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty
genres: Historical, Biography, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir, 19th Century, Art, Crime, True Crime, Victorian
ratings_count: 1842
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Nonfiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Flamingo