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The Unreliable Life of Harry The Valet
Author: Duncan Hamilton
Hard cover with dust jacket, as new condition.
The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet by Duncan Hamilton is a lively biography of Harry Altham, better known as “Harry the Valet,” a notorious Edwardian jewel thief whose charm, wit, and sense of style enabled him to move effortlessly between London’s high society and the criminal underworld. Best remembered for the audacious 1898 theft of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland’s jewels from a moving train, Harry became a folk hero of sorts, embodying both the glamour and recklessness of the age. Hamilton traces his rise from humble beginnings to criminal notoriety, exploring the contradictions of a man who lived for excitement and indulgence but whose compulsive risk-taking led to repeated downfall, making his life both dazzling and tragically precarious.
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