In the year 2008, fifteen year-old Emily Grace discovers a secret hiding place under a wooden plank in the attic of an old house in Petersburg. It conceals a 150 year-old-diary belonging to Sarah Chamberlain, the previous owner of the house. Carefully turning to the last entry, E...
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Plank, Emilie
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"A thrilling illustrated account of the boldest and most sophisticated escapes in history" -- Cover page [4].
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 t...
From ancient Rome to Tudor England and up to the 20th century, the art of espionage has come a long way. But one thing has never changed--humans have always found surprisingly creative ways to gather top secret intelligence. This book presents eight of the most notorious spies in...