{"product_id":"the-man-who-broke-the-robin-quinn-9781803993737","title":"The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles de Ville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe incredible true story of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress named Jeannette and his sumptuous yacht, the Palais Royal. At the risk of losing them both, Wells stakes everything he owns at the roulette tables in Monte Carlo's world-famous casino - and in the space of a few days he breaks the bank, not once but ten times, winning the equivalent of millions in today's money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs he phenomenally lucky? Has he really invented an 'infallible' gambling system, as he claims? Or is he just an exceptionally clever fraudster?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on painstaking research on both sides of the Channel and beyond, this biography reveals the incredible true story of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo - an individual who went on to become 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Quinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803993731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803993737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Robin Quinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519422968063,"sku":"9781803993737","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd840f1a-3e6a-4dcc-885d-7e32f35b9ae7.jpg?v=1778737467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-broke-the-robin-quinn-9781803993737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}