Nothing for Something, The Violet Charlesworth Story: The Edwardian Con Artist who Fooled the World

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Mark Bridgeman

Nothing for Something, The Violet Charlesworth Story

The Edwardian Con Artist who Fooled the World

Mark Bridgeman

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Whittles Publishing
24 April 2025

True crime; Fraud

Recounted for the first time and in detail, this is the unbelievable true story of the Edwardian confidence trickster who fooled the world - three times.

Violet Charlesworth, the beautiful young heiress to a fortune was briefly the most famous woman in the world, hunted across the globe, pursued by the press, and living the life of royalty. With country estates, fast cars, furs, fabulous jewels, and expensive tastes, she lived life in the fast lane until her lifestyle - and her creditors - finally caught up with her on a lonely, clifftop road in North Wales.

Clever, resourceful, cunning, ruthless and beautiful, Violet Charlesworth had it all, until her luxurious motorcar smashed through a low wall on a dangerous bend in a moonlit clifftop road, hurling her into the waves below.

As the search for her body continued, the shocking truth about her life finally emerged.

In the era of the Suffragettes, Violet found another way to beat male-dominated society at its own game. Setting the bar for all female con artists to follow, she changed women's fashion, her exploits entered the lexicon of the English language, and she rapidly became more famous than the King and the Prime Minister. She even had a racehorse named after her.

She ruined lives and reputations, broke promises and shattered dreams but, like all great con artists, left us guessing until the end. And she did it all with style and panache.

By: Mark Bridgeman
Imprint: Whittles Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781849955973
ISBN 10: 1849955972
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark is a successful author and has appeared on ITV, Channel 5, the History Channel and BBC TV and radio. He is the author of The Nearly Man which was nominated for the John Byrne Award and the James Tait Black Award and this is currently in development with a leading Hollywood studio for TV/film.