tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8320712486468732710..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Diamond thieves in Paris by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49438074340310931032013-02-21T17:17:04.857+00:002013-02-21T17:17:04.857+00:00And what is the difference between a ROBBERY and a...And what is the difference between a ROBBERY and a HEIST?? Love this post and yes, you do feel as though anyone who wants to drape themselves in such diamonds kind of deserves some kind of...I am not sure what! It's like I find it hard to sympathize with the owners of watches worth £10,000 or more when those are nicked...though of course the theft is still reprehensible! adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-490737374708201582013-02-21T16:33:11.907+00:002013-02-21T16:33:11.907+00:00Love the cover too, Imogen, and the post. I think ...Love the cover too, Imogen, and the post. I think you may be right about the moral issue re theft - jewel jealousy? Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85727167615344209372013-02-21T15:14:43.447+00:002013-02-21T15:14:43.447+00:00Love the wosit! Going to use that as one of my mir...Love the wosit! Going to use that as one of my miracles of modern policing stories from now on. Sue, I think that's very true. It's the pleasure of the clever heist, isn't it? Not sure they'll use your guy's method in the next Oceans film though... Thank you, Harriet and Katherine! KAtherine, really hope you like the book and many thanks for the pre-orderImogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30151134434231414212013-02-21T11:24:09.861+00:002013-02-21T11:24:09.861+00:00Urk indeed, Sue! great post, Imogen, and I've...Urk indeed, Sue! great post, Imogen, and I've pre-ordered your book, which - by the way - has the most bee-ootiful cover! Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63378201195152086132013-02-21T09:25:18.355+00:002013-02-21T09:25:18.355+00:00I think it's less that the jewel thieves are c...I think it's less that the jewel thieves are charming in themselves than that they come up with some amazing ideas. My own favourite story is of a con artist called Murray Beresford Roberts. He travelled to India, where he claimed to be a visiting British aristocrat who'd been in the papers. He ordered a diamond tiara as a gift for a nonexistent wife. He got the jeweller to leave it with him and skipped the country, first breaking up the tiara and swallowing the jewels. When he reached England, he passed them through his faeces, cleaned them up and sold them. Urk!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-32209550167266563042013-02-21T09:19:51.752+00:002013-02-21T09:19:51.752+00:00Love the ham, love the false whiskers... great pos...Love the ham, love the false whiskers... great post!H.M. Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716936870601385683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-51826872122480654292013-02-21T08:59:37.362+00:002013-02-21T08:59:37.362+00:00Great post. Some things never change. Many a crimi...Great post. Some things never change. Many a criminal has been caught because they couldn't resist a crime scene snack. We once got a full DNA profile off a half eaten wotsit!Simon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798733767120473569noreply@blogger.com