Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo. Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler And Fraudster Extraordinaire

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: The History Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year:
Edition: First Edition

Description: 288 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress, Jeannette, and his sumptuous yacht, the Palais Royal. At the risk of losing them both, Wells stakes everything he owns at the roulette tables in Monte Carlos world-famous Casinoand in the space of a few days he breaks the bank, not once but 10 times, winning the equivalent of millions in todays money. Is he phenomenally lucky Has he really invented an infallible gambling system, as he claims Or is he just an exceptionally clever fraudster Based on painstaking research on both sides of the Channel and beyond, this biography reveals the incredible true story of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, and who went on to become Europes most wanted criminal, hunted by British and French police, known in the press as "Monte Carlo Wellsthe man with 36 aliases."

ISBN: 9780750961776