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John Murray, publishers, London - ISBN:0719557321, 2003. hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Twenty-three illustrations. The criminal activities of the underworld that extended from the civilian population right through to the armed forces constitute one of the great untold stories of the Second World War. Between 1940 and 1941 a Liverpool ship-repairer cheated the government of the modern equivalent of $20 million, while $80 million a month was looted from relief supplies at the port of Trieste. The facts Donald Thomas reveals in this book are often so preposterous that in a novel they would be unbelievable. Packed book weighs 1¼ kilos (3 lbs), slightly-higher-than-usual shipping will apply - we will gladly quote first.