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Thieves' World is a shared world fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin in 1978. The original series comprised twelve anthologies, including stories by science fiction and fantasy authors Poul Anderson , John Brunner , Andrew J. Offutt , C. J. Cherryh , Janet Morris , and Chris Morris .
Sophie Lyons (December 24, 1848 – May 8, 1924) was an American criminal and one of the country's most notorious female thieves, pickpockets, shoplifters, and confidence women during the mid-to-late 19th century.
Ruben Oskar Auervaara, a notorious Finnish conman and thief. He became famous by cheating money from women he met through newspaper announcements, by pretending to intend to marry them. His surname has become a concept in the Finnish language, meaning a deceptive charming trickster. [8] [9]
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2023), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.
Greg Costikyan reviewed Thieves' World in Ares Magazine #1. [1] Costikyan commented that "since fantasy role-playing involves the group production of a multi-hero fantasy story, role-playing fans especially will find Thieves' World enjoyable. [...] The stories themselves range from mediocre to excellent, but all are worth reading." [1]
Edward Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; c. 1690–1724) was a pirate of English origin during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century.Low was born into poverty in Westminster, London, and was a thief from an early age.
The 'Malleus Maleficarum,' a medieval handbook, was used to try and execute supposed witches. Its influence lasted for centuries – including at the Salem Witch Trials. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston ...
The Guardian called him "arguably the world's most consistent art thief". [2] He has also been called "one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived", [3] and "one of the greatest art thieves of all time". [4] His thefts resulted in the destruction of many works of art, destroyed by his family to conceal evidence of ...