On this day, 125 years ago, Charles Deville Wells was poised to achieve the colossal wins at Monte Carlo which would make him famous. But he suddenly found himself in…
Robin Quinn
Author of the "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" and "Hitler's Last Army".
He has produced numerous documentaries for BBC Radio 2 and is the Executive Producer for media production company, Play It By Ear.
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The incredible true story of Charles Deville Wells, gambler and fraudster extraordinaire.
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”The best book I've read all year.
Nigel Jones, EditorDevonshire Magazine
”Excellent biography.
Helen BrownFinancial Times
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TRAFFIC CHAOS IN LONDON? WHAT’S NEW? Most of us fondly imagine that in the days before the motor car our streets were quiet, safe places where everyday life proceeded at…
On this day an advertisement in the Illustrated London News described Monte Carlo in the most complimentary terms as, one of the most quiet, charming, and interesting of spots on…
A report this day in the Kent & Sussex Courier states that the town of Tonbridge had just celebrated its Cricket Week with a smoking concert attended by 300 people…
CLASH OF THE TITANS I was browsing the edition of The Times for this day 125 years ago when a report about two music-hall strong-men caught my eye. On looking…
Before going to Monte Carlo to break the bank, Charles Deville Wells had committed a large-scale swindle in Britain over a period of several years. In this way he had…
Before breaking the bank at Monte Carlo, Charles Deville Wells earned fame as an inventor – though notoriety might perhaps be a better word. On this day in 1891 the…
In the London Bankruptcy Court on this day a man named Carl Westergaard, the owner of racing stables in Ostend, appeared before a judge. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported on…
CROSSING THE NIAGARA FALLS ON A CABLE A man named Samuel Dixon, of Toronto, walked across the Niagara gorge over the Whirlpool Rapids to-day on a wire cable three-fourths…
I have received an enquiry about German prisoners of war in Soviet captivity during WW2. As my book, Hitler’s Last Army, is about German prisoners in the UK I’m by…