The Napoleon of Crime Quotes

“After the Civil War, Worth drifted, like so many veterans, to New York City, which by the mid-1860s was already one of the most concentratedly criminal places on earth. The politicians were up for sale, the magistrates and the police were corrupt,”
― Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief

“only ever stole from those who had money to spare and remained adamant that crime need not involve thuggery: the Pinkertons found it astonishing that “throughout his career he never used a revolver or jeopardized the life of a victim.”
― Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief

“As Oscar Wilde remarked: “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.”
― Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief