The Pierre Hotel Affair: How Eight Gentleman Thieves Orchestrated the Largest Jewel Heist in History

by Daniel Simone and Nick Sacco

Book Overview

Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They once robbed Sophia Loren's suite, relieving the Italian actress of over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel--host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Attired in tuxedoes and driven in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168177402X
• ISBN13: 9781681774022
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"