True crime book club meeting to discuss "The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist" by Anthony M. Amore.
Are you a murderino? Love watching true crime documentaries and tv shows? Can't get enough of true crime podcasts?
This is a new, monthly book club focused on reading and discussing True Crime.
Join us on Zoom to discuss "The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist" by Anthony M. Amore. To receive an invitation email, register for the program.
This title is available electronically from hoopla for free with your library card.
"The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.
In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who repeatedly kill: they are almost exclusively male. But, as with all things, there is always an outlier—someone who bucks the trend, defying the reliable profiles and leaving investigators and researchers scratching their heads. In the history of major art heists, that outlier is Rose Dugdale.
Dugdale’s life is singularly notorious. Born into extreme wealth, she abandoned her life as an Oxford-trained PhD and heiress to join the cause of Irish Republicanism. While on the surface she appears to be the British version of Patricia Hearst, she is anything but."
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