Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

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Masons Con/essions are agem. [He] fesses up to
his wicked ways in this entertaining recollection/' I '
—People (Critic's Choice)
yfj^i^^ Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career, he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller. He even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into lieaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie's and Sotheby's into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt.
Now, in his own words and with no holds barred. Mason reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the detectives or FBI agents who... Tovább

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r T ¦ y- [1 ipi ' -':^
Masons Con/essions are agem. [He] fesses up to
his wicked ways in this entertaining recollection/' I '
—People (Critic's Choice)
yfj^i^^ Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career, he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller. He even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into lieaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie's and Sotheby's into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt.
Now, in his own words and with no holds barred. Mason reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the detectives or FBI agents who pursued him ever imagined.
'Fascinating absorbing [Mason] revives in mesmerizing detail his extraordinary criminal exploits."—The Miami Herald
"Persuasive—and riveting The |p^atest jewel thief of modern times,' it turns out, had lots in common with the Gary Grant character in j Hitchcock's thrillei To Catch a Thief."—Forbes ?
"[A] glittering yarn The cunning criminal recounts his escapades I preying on celebrities."—New York Post
'Fast-paced , entertaining Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief delivers."—Cleveland Plain Dealer Vissza