The Forty Elephants
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 299 pages ; 24 cm
In 1920s London, pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambles to survive in her gritty neighborhood. With her father in prison and her brother in debt to a crime syndicate, she struggles to protect her father's territory. Recruited by Mary Carr, Alice joins a female gang, the Forty Elephants, and tastes success. But it's not long before she wants more--no matter the cost.
Subjects:
Diamond, Alice, 1896-1952 -- Fiction.
Female gangs -- Fiction.
Female offenders -- Fiction.
Shoplifting -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Criminals -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Diamond, Alice, 1896-1952 -- Fiction.
Female gangs -- Fiction.
Female offenders -- Fiction.
Shoplifting -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Criminals -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1665019891
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Bledsoe | Ballentine Indoors | Fiction | In |
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"Inspired by the true story of Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London"--Cover.