Stealing Sisi's Star - How a Master Thief Nearly Got Away with Austria's Most Famous Jewel (Paperback)

While on honeymoon in Vienna in June, 1998 - at the height of the tourist season - Gerald Daniel Blanchard, an accomplished thief, happened upon the greatest challenge of his life when he spotted the last remaining "Sisi Star" on display in Schonbrunn Palace. Named after its former owner, the Empress Elisabeth, the ten-pointed diamond and pearl star was originally one of 27 that the enigmatic Sisi wore in her extravagantly long hair. Despite the multi-layered security system protecting the priceless jewelry, Blanchard decided then and there to steal it. The star remained missing for nine years until two Canadian police investigators launched a joint task force to bring down a criminal organization that had robbed banks, stores and ordinary citizens on several continents. When their chief suspect offered to reveal the whereabouts of the Sisi Star, the investigators realized they were dealing with no ordinary thief. But no one involved in the case fully understood the history of the star, its ties to obsession, suicide and assassination.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2015
Authors:	Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-9722-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-9722-X
Barcode:	9780786497225

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