Prince of Tricksters: The Incredible True Story of Netley Lucas, Gentleman Crook

by Matt Houlbrook

Meet Netley Lucas, Prince of Tricksters--royal biographer, best-selling crime writer, and gentleman crook. In the years after the Great War, Lucas becomes infamous for climbing the British social ladder by his expert trickery--his changing names and telling of tales. An impudent young playboy and a confessed confidence trickster, he finances his far-flung hedonism through fraud and false pretenses. After repeated spells in prison, Lucas transforms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022613315X
• ISBN13: 9780226133157
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"