A thirst for money, danger and adventure. Wit, audacity and a love of games. Meet history’s most cunning thieves in this entertaining look at the great robberies of the past two centuries. As Alberto Spaggiari wrote on the wall of the vault at the Société Générale Bank in Nice after robbing it: “No weapons, no violence and no hatred.” Discover the protagonists of such notorious crimes as the Great Train Robbery on a train from Glasgow to London or the Fortaleza and Nice bank robberies. Uncover surprising details of how the heists and their police investigations were planned and carried out. Each chapter dedicated to one of these legendary robberies is presented in a unique way, based on the newspaper covers at the time of each event.