Bibliograph

The woman who stole Vermeer, the true story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House art heist, Anthony M. Amore

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The woman who stole Vermeer, the true story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House art heist, Anthony M. Amore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239)

resource.biographical

individual biography

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illustrationsplatesphotographs

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman who stole Vermeer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Anthony M. Amore

Sub title

the true story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House art heist

Summary

"In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who repeatedly kill: they are almost exclusively male. But, as with all things, there is always an outlier?someone who bucks the trend, defying the reliable profiles and leaving investigators and researchers scratching their heads. In the history of major art heists, that outlier is Rose Dugdale. Dugdale?s life is singularly notorious. Born into extreme wealth, she abandoned her life as an Oxford-trained PhD and heiress to join the cause of Irish Republicanism. While on the surface she appears to be the British version of Patricia Hearst, she is anything but. Dugdale ran head-first towards the action, spearheading the first aerial terrorist attack in British history and pulling off the biggest art theft of her time. In 1974, she led a gang into the opulent Russborough House in Ireland and made off with millions in prized paintings, including works by Goya, Gainsborough, and Rubens, as well as Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid by the mysterious master Johannes Vermeer. Dugdale thus became?to this day?the only woman to pull off a major art heist. And as Anthony Amore explores in The Woman Who Stole Vermeer, it?s likely that this was not her only such heist."--, -Amazon

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