Famous Robberies The World's Most Spectacular Heists

As one thief wrote on the armored vault of a bank he'd just emptied: "Without weapons or violence and with no hate."Stealing a world-famous piece of art from a museum or snatching diamonds under 24-hour surveillance: there is a certain fascination for impressive robberies. And the world has seen some truly legendary ones.Famous Robberies tells the real adventures of those who walked through walls and did the impossible. It introduces the perpetrators of infamous hits like the Great Train Robbery, the Antwerp diamond heist, or the Citibank Hack. With chapters designed in retro-newspaper style, this book will fascinate children for historical events as much as for the investigations and reporting around them.

Riassunto

As one thief wrote on the armored vault of a bank he’d just emptied: “Without weapons or violence and with no hate.”

Stealing a world-famous piece of art from a museum or snatching diamonds under 24-hour surveillance: there is a certain fascination for impressive robberies. And the world has seen some truly legendary ones.

Famous Robberies tells the real adventures of those who walked through walls and did the impossible. It introduces the perpetrators of infamous hits like the Great Train Robbery, the Antwerp diamond heist, or the Citibank Hack. With chapters designed in retro-newspaper style, this book will fascinate children for historical events as much as for the investigations and reporting around them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Soledad Romero
• Con la collaborazione di: Julio Antonio Blasco (Illustrazione), Little Gestalten (Editore), Littl Gestalten (Editore), Little Gestalten (Editore)
• Editore: Die Gestalten Verlag
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 04.05.2022
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica
• EAN: 9783967047288
• ISBN: 978-3-96704-728-8
• Numero di pagine: 64
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 10 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 22 x 1.2 x 27 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 546 g
• Categorie: Design, Adventure, international, empfohlenes Alter: ab 10 Jahre, YA, Heist, People & places (Children's / Teenage), General knowledge & trivia (Children's / Teenage), Newspaper, robberies, stealing, empfohlenes Alter: ab ca. 10 Jahre