Queen Of The Burglars
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Queen Of The Burglars
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Author : Shayne Davidson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-27
Queen Of The Burglars written by Shayne Davidson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-27 with True Crime categories.
Born in the mid-nineteenth century, Sophie Lyons was a master thief, con artist, blackmailer and smuggler. Much of her success as a criminal was due to the fact that she was fearless, reckless, sharp and cunning--everything a woman of her time was not supposed to be. As a young child, Sophie's parents forced her to steal when she showed a talent for pickpocketing. Strong-willed and smart, she blossomed into a beautiful teenager who caught the eye of many men in the underworld of New York City. By the time Sophie reached her late teens she was married to her second husband--a notorious bank burglar named Ned Lyons--and was a professional criminal in her own right. Despite her prominent place in crime history, Sophie Lyons has never been the subject of a full-length biography. This book chronicles Sophie's fascinating and tragic life, from her beginnings as a criminal prodigy, through her ingenious escape from Sing Sing prison and her lifelong struggle with mental illness.
The Amazing Adventures Of Sophie Lyons Queen Of The Burglars Or Why Crime Does Not Pay
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Author : Mrs. Sophie Van Elkan Lyons Burke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
The Amazing Adventures Of Sophie Lyons Queen Of The Burglars Or Why Crime Does Not Pay written by Mrs. Sophie Van Elkan Lyons Burke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Crime and criminals categories.
The Queen Of The Bank Burglars
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Author : Rahmouni K
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-15
The Queen Of The Bank Burglars written by Rahmouni K and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-15 with categories.
The actual happenings in her career have been more extraordinary than the imagination of any novelist has dreamed.For twenty-five years Sophie Lyons was "The Queen of the Bank Burglars," the active leader of many expeditions in various parts of the world, and with her were associated about all of the great criminals of Europe and America. Sophie Lyons was a "thief from the cradle," as one Chief of Police said; at the early age of six years she had already been trained by her stepmother to be a pickpocket and a shoplifter. A beautiful child with engaging manners, she was sent out every day into the stores and among the crowds of shoppers, and was soundly whipped if she came out of a shop with less than three pocketbooks. "I did not know it was wrong to steal; nobody ever taught me that," Sophie Lyons writes. "What I was told was wrong and what I was punished for was when I came home with only one pocketbook instead of many."As the child grew into womanhood she was conspicuously beautiful, and soon became known as "Pretty Sophie." Then romance entered her life and she married Ned Lyons, the famous bank burglar. Her husband was a member of the great gang of expert safe-blowers who were the terror of the police and the big banks of some years ago.Women are regarded as dangerous and are seldom taken into the confidence of such criminals as these. But Sophie Lyons was not only welcomed to their councils, but was taken along with them to the actual scenes of their operations. Many of the most daring bank robberies were, indeed, planned by her and to her quick brain and resourcefulness the burglars often owed their success.
Queen Of Thieves
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Author : J. North Conway
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-09-02
Queen Of Thieves written by J. North Conway and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-02 with True Crime categories.
Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka “Marm” Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise. The New York Times called Mandelbaum “the nucleus and center of the whole organization of crime in New York City.” Having emigrated from Germany in 1850, she began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, crowded streets of the city. By 1880, she had amassed a fortune estimated at more than $1 million. Mandelbaum was known for running an orderly criminal enterprise. She enlisted the services of an extensive network of criminals of every ilk and bribed police officials, politicians, and judges. If someone wanted to move stolen goods, needed protection from the law, or sought money to finance a caper, Marm was the person to see. In 1884, Mandelbaum escaped from the clutches of Pinkerton detectives, who were casing her house, and fled to Canada. Mandelbaum lived out the rest of her life in luxury on a small farm with her family and ill-got fortune. Hundreds of people turned out for her funeral. Dozens of people later reported to police that they had their pockets picked at the service.
Queens Of The Underworld
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Author : Caitlin Davies
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-10-14
Queens Of The Underworld written by Caitlin Davies and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it!' - Maxine Peake Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ronnie Biggs, the Krays ... All have become folk heroes, glamorised and romanticised, even when they killed. But where are their female equivalents? Where are the street robbers, gang leaders, diamond thieves, gold smugglers and bank robbers? Queens of the Underworld reveals the incredible story of female crooks from the seventeenth century to the present. From Moll Cutpurse to the Black Boy Alley Ladies, from jewel thief Emily Lawrence to bandit leader Elsie Carey and burglar Zoe Progl, these were charismatic women at the top of their game. But female criminals have long been dismissed as either not 'real women' or not 'real criminals', and in the process their stories have been lost. Caitlin Davies unravels the myths, confronts the lies and tracks down modern-day descendants in order to tell the truth about their lives for the first time.
Queen Of The Underworld
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Author : Sophie Lyons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Queen Of The Underworld written by Sophie Lyons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1913, Sophie Lyons wrote her memoirs, chronicling six decades of bank robberies, prison breaks, cons, and swindles that left her a rich woman. One hundred years later, we're bringing this important work back into print, casting back the veil of the 19th century criminal underworld. This is the world of fences and art thieves, bank sneaks and conwomen, but it is punctuated by a remarkable and nearly universal honor among thieves.
Queen Of Thieves
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Author : Beezy Marsh
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2023-01-03
Queen Of Thieves written by Beezy Marsh and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Fiction categories.
An electrifying historical adventure about a ring of bold and resourceful women thieves in post-World War II London. Gangland was a man’s world. Or so they thought. The women knew different. London, 1946. The city struggles to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Blitz. Food is rationed, good jobs are scarce, and even the most honest families are forced to take a bit of “crooked” just to survive. Alice Diamond, the Queen of Thieves, rules over her all-female gang with a bejeweled fist. Her “hoisters” are expert shoplifters, the scourge of London’s upscale boutiques and departments stores. Their lucrative business stealing and fencing luxury goods always carries the threat of violence; Alice packs a razor, and has been known to use her heavy rows of diamond rings like brass knuckles. Young Nell is a teenager from the slums, hiding a secret pregnancy and facing a desperately uncertain future when Alice takes her under her wing. Before long, Nell is experiencing all the dangers—and glamourous trappings—that comes with this underworld existence. Alice wants Nell to be a useful weapon in her ongoing war against crime boss Billy Sullivan’s gang of rival thieves. But Nell has a hidden agenda of her own, and is not to be underestimated. The more she is manipulated by both Alice and Billy, the more her hunger for revenge grows. As Nell embraces the rich spoils of crime and the seedy underbelly of London, will she manage to carve out her own path to power and riches? Might she even crown herself the Queen of Thieves?
Queen Of Thieves
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Author : Jenna Briggs Ness
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Queen Of Thieves written by Jenna Briggs Ness and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
Gone Shopping
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Author : Lorraine Gamman
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-07-31
Gone Shopping written by Lorraine Gamman and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with True Crime categories.
Voted one of The Guardian's top 10 best crime books of all time and one of the best true crime books ever written according to Stylist Shirley Pitts, the eldest of six children was born upside down on 24 November 1934. Her 'career' began by thieving bread off doorsteps and coal from coal carts. Her father's bungled attempts at black marketeering and her dipsomaniac mother's inadequacies made Shirley resolve not only to be a first-class thief but also the best mother her six children could wish for. Before she died Shirley told her story to Lorraine - the story of a generous, brave and beautiful woman with a huge sense of fun and a love of life.
Dreah Queen Of Thieves
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Author : Sean Dulaney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Dreah Queen Of Thieves written by Sean Dulaney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Thieves categories.
