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The Last Baron by Tom Sancton
Beginning in 1896, the first Baron Empain built both the Paris Metro and an empire from France to Belgian to Egypt that his grandson, Edouard (aka Wado) would inherit, diversify, and expand in the 1960s and 70s. But by 1978, the world had turned against industry and wealth, with high-profile kidnappings like Patty Hearst's happening around the globe. Alan Callioll, then a small-time gangster who had grown up in the underbelly of Paris, saw an opportunity. But when a kidnapping goes awry, the 2 million francs ransom Callioll hoped for begins to slip through his fingers.Tom Sancton earned a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford after graduating from Harvard in 1971. He has contributed to publications such as Vanity Fair, Fortune, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal. He co-authored the international best seller Murder of a Princess: The Investigation and wrote the novel The Armageddon Project. Sancton, a jazz musician in his own right, has toured widely throughout Europe and recorded over a dozen CDs, as well as starring alongside Woody Allen in the feature film Wild Man Blues. Sancton was given the name Andrew W. Sancton in 2007. He is a Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Tulane University, where he teaches advanced creative writing classes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593183809 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593183800 |
| Title | The Last Baron |
| Author | Tom Sancton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2022-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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