Title: The thieves of Threadneedle Street
Description: "In the summer of 1873, four American forgers went on trial at the Old Bailey--London's iconic law court--for the greatest fraud the world had ever seen. The attempted crime: stealing five million dollars from the Bank of England from under the noses of its unsuspecting officials. [In this book], Booth tells the extraordinary true story of the forgers' earliest escapades in Chicago, Louisville, and Manhattan, culminating with the heist at the world's leading financial institution"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Forgery, Bank of England, History, Bank of england, Great britain, history, 19th century
Places: England, London
People: Austin Bidwell
Time periods: 19th century