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Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history / Jamie Reid.

Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious...

Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history / Jamie Reid.

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Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history / Jamie Reid.

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Full title

Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history / Jamie Reid.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London, UK : Bloomsbury Sport, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Call Numbers

G 2018/3453

Record Identifier

74VKVAw4eJ6y

MMS ID

991024171688402626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

London, UK : Bloomsbury Sport, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2018.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. Between the late 1950s and the early 1970s, des Moutis made a daring attempt to beat the French state-run bet...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Monsieur X : the incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history / Jamie Reid.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2018

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/3453

Record Identifier

74VKVAw4eJ6y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAw4eJ6y

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1472942299

9781472942289 paperback

1472942280 paperback

9781472942296

DDC

798.401092

MMS ID

991024171688402626

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