The Thieves of Threadneedle Street. The Victorian fraudsters who almost broke the Bank of England
Details:
- Author(s) Booth, Nicholas
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2015
- Pages 351pp; illus
- Publisher History Press
- Place Published Stroud
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Narrative popular account of an attempted fraud against the Bank of England which involved bills of exchange and was led by a group headed by Austin Bidwell in 1873 and the resulting trial