Victor Lustig: The Man Who Conned the World
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The unbelievable true story of the world's greatest conman, who swindled Al Capone and sold the Eiffel Tower--twice
The period after World War I was a golden age for confidence men. Victor Lustig, an Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, learned to hustle at billiards and lay odds at the local racecourse by sixteen. By nineteen, he had acquired a livid facial scar in an altercation with a jealous husband.
A man of athletic good looks, with a taste for larceny and foreign intrigue, Lustig spoke six languages and went under nearly as many aliases. He found time to dupe an impressive variety of banks and hotels, escape from three supposedly impregnable prisons, and swindle Al Capone out of thousands of dollars, while living to tell the tale. Undoubtedly, the greatest of his hoaxes was the sale of the Eiffel Tower in 1925.
In a narrative that thrills like a crime caper, best-selling biographer Christopher Sandford draws on newly released documents to tell the whole story of the greatest conman of the twentieth century. If you enjoy true crime and historical biographies, this riveting account of Victor Lustig's life is for you.
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