The Gentlemen Of 16 July.

RENE LOUIS AND KEN FOLLETT MAURICE

Publication: Arbor House, 1980, New York

First U.S. edition. Originally published in the U.K. as The Heist Of The Century. Fine in dust jacket. In the summer of 1976 a gang of twenty criminals, under the direction of Albert Spaggiari, spent two months digging a 25-foot tunnel from the city sewer system into a bank vault in Nice, France. Once in, the men proceeded to spend the weekend breaking into safe deposit boxes before leaving with some $8 to $10 million in cash, gold, and jewelry and daubing the phrase "sans haine, sans violence et sans arme" on the wall. The book focuses on the heist and the small details that led to Spaggiari's eventual capture. Once captured, Spaggiari escaped from the courtroom in the middle of his interrogation. He remains at-large today!.

Inventory Number: 28701