Under the Streets of Nice: The Bank Heist of the Century

by Ken Follett, Rene Maurice L. Narrated by Roddy McDowall

Overview

One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari had engineered the European crime of the century.

A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut-from the inside-with a note left behind that read, "Without guns, without violence, without hate." Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine, and clearing millions of dollars in gold, jewelry, gems, and cash. Here is the breathtakingly compelling story of Spaggiari, his “sewer gang,” and the most daring, outrageous theft of the 20th century.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2009 - AudioFile

A sensational bank robbery in France earned the clever crooks millions in francs, gold, and precious stones. The suspense in this early Follett work starts when the bank finds it cannot open its vault door on a Monday morning in 1976. Hours later officials discover it has been "visited" over the weekend via a tunnel dug from the sewer below. The late Roddy McDowall adapts to the story, first published in 1990 and on audio in 1996, like he was made to read it. His flawless French embellishes the narrative to achieve maximum authenticity; his theater English pulls listeners into the villainy so much they will come to love the criminals. Within the first few minutes, the skills of McDowall and the author collude to achieve one of those rare true stories that tear one away from otherwise-urgent reality. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175519755
Publisher:	Phoenix Books, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

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