
Adam Worth
Adam Worth was a notorious German-born American criminal mastermind of the late 19th century, recognized for his exceptional skills in art theft and bank robbery, most famously for the heist of Gainsborough's portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. His life of crime, marked by a personal code of loyalty and non-violence, inspired literary figures and remains a fascinating study of duality in character.
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Adam Worth was a German-born American bank robber and art thief known as the 'Napoleon of Crime'.
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