The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real MoriartyThe rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyles Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes arch rival. From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zigzag. Adam Worth was the greatest master criminal of Victorian times. Abjuring violence, setting himself up as a perfectly respectable gentleman, he became the ringleader for the largest criminal network in the world and the model for Conan Doyles evil genius,