Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
Ebook425 pages4 hours

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO.

'Brilliant – a terrific read' - Michael Aspel OBE

'The best book I’ve read all year' - Nigel Jones, editor, Devonshire Magazine

Charles Deville Wells broke the bank at Monte Carlo – not once but ten times – winning the equivalent of millions in today’s money. He followed up with a colossal bank fraud in Paris, and became Europe’s most wanted criminal, hunted by British and French police and known in the press as ‘Monte Carlo Wells – the man with 36 aliases’.

Is he phenomenally lucky? Has he really invented an ‘infallible’ gambling system, as he claims? Or is he just an exceptionally clever fraudster?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 1, 2016
ISBN9780750969260
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles De Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
Author

Robin Quinn

ROBIN QUINN is an author and independent radio producer based in South-East England. His first book, Hitler's Last Army (THP), is the story of the 400,000 German prisoners of war detained in Britain during and after the Second World War. He contributes to family history and other magazines, and has written and produced over sixty programmes for BBC network radio, including the critically acclaimed Summer of 1940 and The Cuban Crisis (Radio 2).

Related to The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Related ebooks

True Crime For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo - Robin Quinn

    2^book_preview_excerpt.html}ےF`Hn-Q2դ ^Y>DP!4.~Xy?П̗9=Ȓh;MUe~9~=O|Q|O>o^㟟/'/_7o_ŏO^ۿ7_|}El84TObC<_S؍SǮo"~68][t;}S8vUQnCSml>^Oc}b9wx}?*^kmMSblXPh8e77XT=s|q€iIөnofƆxv7k>>1~sˏAjhÈŴU1"=vM=A?ˈub,<m8\x?Cvxث}ah؟qÏq5<]1ľcu]?%>0C=b/=CR.qk(!vn&=o b!>?V1׫!*#?7Gˆ`/vdz)`9ח|8M}\owq86E=Iq|[̦臮.qϧ뒋NҎHc?/dH`GYK b+0a_P)nӡ"wUtPX2qvB,Ew.l%ϩ{YMۿ8jD?\53Hy`[/MWώF[.6~ɿLNp&\+8X|w}O̓VVE+ xн@en& 6=1?T+:~.yʱ%K N*P7pϧ\OSŗYPNS=*T`v(pŏʞ lo~aiON?ϙyxBR7 k q}B jђߌ @B릡*A!*j8m۹W*/}ٵ]%sR(]6Byk!XdF&8Byy)E:ɑIJ]eЗǾf(PP{1Bht\S@wjwD%ۈ=BN.y3S7lNLzgQ4WU|6 H\ k+젢CrmKxx1,M3%5V'C#0QM'/]Q{GG'+Pa8o;F$(@lN#?f>{x{ctn@#p5|H` xnIqYBn5Oi&ljZ/n7C GxIp 5 oO,"44ŒaLDR^>ZG-k ng QQmզAQ+;tap洠ް-XʡX<"e`  u~?T\\1aͥc%:B>:VBn=~F ;<ÿv|tۑInsBB7T\$#@:G.Եy4\FD͞.:g7Kb=uuՓ?xNj쿤pxˋh -t>lʓ>ÄmUtYOOG4͗t NR!s?_\!±o!6j TO,^q!ƨB.YPkOi!@ Zj6%<|2Lwz<XՄs37W_{60N Yhq׶ 2L+)yF1z:?e@6h2݀rS_זBΩڑ[gqv2:UH/b 紊?:~OpC;?|&ZCDMWSwUutbN8ZW[ 얇z/8!0U7 EdϮ9`xX8:hMƿ×2cw>ªւDXu*2|Z$gDMcwh?G!‡BaSITA1L}hYvK8A&u.ɘ!@U13%(NC=WzpNR  WGBF=jv# 8jEelz\ vox$>5 KйUp%3 ^S&3LOchm p4b0`|Ғ\)}1;"FSn8tX/TYn|-%-k?'(4cN9yg 9z!!WhGew~-##bC6z&KpB߰QQPnsNib,b: wݖp]mopϪRl`"9PV.kF?#ˈ,㨮luy6X\3?3=y2#gEOuO0],ge`O>ğIJv:۫,RA.ϒ#=ɬ4TaZ)x>"nlAτx^s⚪CIl&BD U<۱Zㅌz*_+иZ^ i*=ңQ~IWpAXal8Vrq>] o-r|nѺ&~=Ҳ,bHKuuvvT$\阁DcNmbo#2֍ Sk[LAz#f $>]^<~MvWN z5 mPm~}nQ{#ДHײ:}u_gjc8hmBF5 #ߗSK2I]g Pa\ 0F߱`$8pi+NrJ hOx iGrFl )HCk͑|1(D_5 /3s<X;藷dgl¦[@y%P$mLU QFPي2JՖ97Nc.6Do-@C$K 5ӢRw&/X g(m/̏wTQc2zoc8 '#El*'Cn$@Ι.߬i!+!yYJJ*fC wU<&bPUTV/f|bnWS/=ШN VL{j@e~6R>2,í]*C<-is> 4^tq꘼z/-q5֞QVF1]*76[}ܦ  @3j>rxm=(HK VzӞO \ָ.$ ({pO\5*JhȈm„-Mv>a ǟэ!:YR8rԔmFi KMD$I& pW?Cpokx04O4I0xW?\HD%N&0V,C3 0C0ԛ`*6 X(: I&8>&~.ㅡs'~Ez>C>:_I*/9_BIyۍ<@|E?կQ͠/P>R0I}gmPm{Pf‹G^6>WmxtA1,!s{v5BuQt2⧙1NqξzǨřbb*P8^phNMq˧qa4-#fQpMu)"2cWBz|zg^r퐹laeݺKg٭k3)0xAEBf[#ť̊WG0!'Q8"uzZ7T`x9nF{JSE2jIȦ=SxPvݥCt,(O;E7;Ս:;d'8F+iLӳ=U'_?1:~.uoOZmIACT" B%3[M"|0٥~tneܭ;yP[G5#!I1lT 3,J0.ɇšv#¬y`ZpBM9R&Pe݇&uQUOSKEOHM+M6 TJHq_-MVcDW̨#팤w4f-Kzh}'NAŃ>Uдmcud U YㅯH[Q=9oXLRO umSӫK25/h J3yyi3AVIG,,s#x&|s-OybGpR79 2L &b+\a/zd6/rzAu YsY&SU'7!Un̩oJ޻u`~f.\=*?,k(%@S5ى"&fbfFŝ `e~{Z\$CB/c ֿ5VUSgjJHSd !0b[=lT {Tݝo͝#t`'X=ymX,ZbFXk-N&m DisD2er%ЖaMd/!Q|*/@~sw5*;( {T Z6wA&ACgN|5ϣHxieVK3ZQBo0m$Ę˹3GiI$Fs_zY{;Ҫ~#l@hٶ'oeV& LMyu(VKM6Nt@J 祚ĤYҴyLq 9pMHEAW:)#{d|)z\;B|j5[x)JYƒEU96zHOƓ 9<-sAW[l̗ݮ=- x*/խijx&.Z :2a[)v#$ESgiqŹU}$MN0`Ĕ:a-TW_)uƚ8V̧XWWaA\ɌԦxU &jRzd ga5ݳĔ/ӕ4ԻNWdu(O~:⮎'3[9hnfhYEQW!G)*C([Pv3 pVp@ 6AL HF(V\3XpG{I1i%k^#0w%`XW\U_?:Rի9DuSu9ƌ.X$C܏*48ə\: lƜ]mq,BBFP|Ě+l(cĮTls$Kq?8Y?PT e,%Í,Yz4Q&U>̨5gw.Т5GUy*?aB+Xk(d;xWpF<^}?d= {<9IqܪDFba-mDOF@% 1e:)^A{Zo^"Ċ wJiGhH0k L~* ^t9mrva>$m͓r,YՇ#l;5/cE*NRW&K.з'%YhM7gF'T_4I. sa1+]+[zXneFB(ۆzs1UT.7zlƝC",ڔAIZئu`;$r:{'`и"uPQiPYK.T6\E(8Phua;ܯm㉼jeӭo@X}׸-KJ($ȬTۜdgeMp?S.ڰXKTG˖B x9dZH$_O!kqȗϽ:&P:Z~1HKNEq#dm1F}Y⨉0O3*jw RVhN~Zߍog#%y:R[WV5Gttm&'ˎfY>x@#=) u8ɓ{ұD}x>X>Zr=/-p$SpX@OK I4N3▣6C:4}ULnq#N-nZ`L+&)gS 9|¹.bqڇ[u$mckJ~WpFgtM6QɺCLUM[:MeZVST]4Z1[8"(.'aM~#nolK|Mi6nbrY^|QE5WC9G;ݤj梙n< \|O.;ҍv0kIV]xGwi xbXbr^6R]V:)Rh_VkБ`o:q,d ܶFa(!ݬ1B&5HdE$[b5Lwi n2L&XV'5|'gkm9.z˟+E$*cE8K*Si؎,7iI7~pUOE* E%Aj"R)I5c( <-W]{>{"x+@@j|>ʭċ!yA¸Qʫxbe+;kU^ۚH#>3ok". rS|# h&'檪 }Z8wHJpvHϚSڥ]"ΫR4 52[ *f6c)i5iT.]Nl~H ݴbIWG^8JuѨx&x*t&B'߭ލ4!y4{v&EUtj2Tp]rڧ_̘ER7+/p>Zobv?۵aȳd=blfux'iPv"l1QRjyâsώFd,6,n\01)Έo-GU {W %mw)ZSՕ Y"Q/Nh\}K?xRbӨ}8DܪHc{:iNә/#QSHe$]5ֺ]?ey~2~jC_[Kz~Z w) UPs )]MWKWI$IG}_u?;u:G{R2`/xh"Y \1?.z ɐ-uq7%u-7 xwm-K,'jdIl4V_p˶ +{9' 5+:d ӧabG4*v]e6w89q)/719Si<92@N)[[oͽ^N=Zvڔn7=^N.vpgugˣ8=NCwM S]LMZ~÷Xqw6c'8įXۙbLb4Rmˑ[ 5뀮sFs֍d-mأեi)XNA_~Oy2T]j#byhg]rwNKﻩEW˰_E g'Qp|d`Mh2m) b\24YR?ObS-]Zm $pcj3Zpˠ\;0"?u .γq6 2ű,[aZz L@H<+R{?p>!ڶ')VV*+=A5\qףn`h[ rg&^&dZ+AQڽi2=9ێR,ذ$TjV<{ظ~NM4imonK#P5l3R-a^>m<]ӥ|ˁuztT"WVJ9rpb}aݢBdmf6PF+cthBJK5l&fs3IfU@ :zW{*CFR˭!*-)!ҵm.Lדj2V^E'/ta#wjMEuO1.iR]V'{KPKtsV9 r$K: 7 j]ME"ιޘ/YKKWbKBSvg]l]3]ŕ'Vlֽ3E;N3|>|-Ko8]c)Ic+>n?_}0unC;uj`&EbTʚ+z JnŨSeu@/W;PlJ~W7/S#-P?ަh4|nEBwmXϠ 'Frʙs[hf`NreT7oo.n4ѣ>^ş02TKϜN[1RߠZ}D`Ew/9ќXx 6W*YX~@ @31]_{%ڢ ζ~م_|IXu3#.!6InaRՌ:<"Y J<2J2yi{Orbk]n4)M=(e]B .2SvʿĽj/ZH`Bn}hmo&nL'y*<#m"o8=i=\tQ&-0X`#}9MkO _#oYyk%;V~YepIvћۆ٤:֖IBh3((qT\ӈO KZ(Β[H{5b7ef|K ~1 kp5 I$S%^S%-qn <9A^RQӘsIC:`UV|opA_%I-yW]J WFi85 ds9zKw1\둡C}lz.wj[M%LVFcV @wZ ٓYɻ=c%;\3At`4y~3ʶ:T Y򰌤k7;4i711$TcHzŰK2B?/?| 828)rO_A 7vuslb1]١R/&_kn}0`keArrv~ү0mK1Y215jk `hjގғ~/s +SɼzTs6?7r !!xV>)%y@H8ޅS|2B+p9^T:8IڵY<݃EFq ]v8Ac<3bgo$2>|#FjmLn_-Ҡ H`3WIMg2VƻUWXҟY8۫&|b;eAT՟ylc)!c H ![I :%nU_T;y2a+ZjqW0|lfe7jܓEW}ǽI}9mR {t#F.2n;ٟP,aƐfqXIX)?bc!vYk 3GX(~B"l#K$P~6t]aU/h{OL7?96fqBn(c=@ ˟;rZoNk,_(Mh2\vʏxlKήuv>ƙғ[sMe40]D V6v<B4ipdU.w̡<ޔ'rƙHKwި߈w3[k8"9d. 17,AK e!d.WZE㥣"ZdWJԒn*޳txkRK;$nw#ll®FВD/]#BWxx
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1