Anne Fletcher

Gebundenes Buch

From the Mill to Monte Carlo

The Working-Class Englishman Who Beat the Monaco Casino and Changed Gambling Forever

Beschreibung

The only Monte Carlo gambler to devise an infallible and completely legal system to break the bank.

Autor

Anne Fletcher is an historian and writer. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. She is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, 'the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo' and he is the subject of her book 'From the Mill to Monte Carlo' published by Amberley Publishing 2018. Her search for his story started with only a photograph, a newspaper article and the lyrics of the famous song. The story was featured in national newspapers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781445671390
• ISBN-10: 1445671395
• Artikelnr.: 48930748