For centuries\, works of art have been sto len in countless ways from all over the world\, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief SteÌphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years&mdash\;in museums and cathedrals all over Europe&mdash\;Breitwieser\, along with his girlfri end who worked as his lookout\, stole more than three hundred objects\, un til it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief\, Michael F inkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange and fascinating world. Unlike m ost thieves\, he never stole for money\, keeping all his treasures in a si ngle room where he could admire them to his heart's content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to assess practically any s ecurity system\, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtakingly number o f audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict's need to score\, leading Breitwieser to ignore his gi rlfriend's pleas to stop-until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.
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