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The Man Who Stole a Duchess: He Stole a Masterpiece and Vanished for Twenty-Five Years. Why Did He Never Sell Her?
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ISBN13: 9798192622094
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 14 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 14 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1876, one of the most wanted men in England walked into a London art dealer and stole a portrait of a duchess worth a fortune. Then he did something no one expected. He kept her. Not for a week. Not for a year. For twenty-five years, across three continents and a dozen false names, he carried a stolen masterpiece as his closest secret, while Scotland Yard hunted him and a detective became, strangely, his friend. Why hold onto something you can never sell and never show anyone? And after a quarter century of silence, what finally made him give her back?
In 1876, one of the most wanted men in England walked into a London art dealer and stole a portrait of a duchess worth a fortune. Then he did something no one expected. He kept her. Not for a week. Not for a year. For twenty-five years, across three continents and a dozen false names, he carried a stolen masterpiece as his closest secret, while Scotland Yard hunted him and a detective became, strangely, his friend. Why hold onto something you can never sell and never show anyone? And after a quarter century of silence, what finally made him give her back?
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