Project Gutenberg 2015-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 123 Frith, Walter The Sack of Monte Carlo: An Adventure of To-day The Sack of Monte Carlo: An Adventure of Today Produced by Cindy Beyer, Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Sack of Monte Carlo: An Adventure of To-day" by Walter Frith is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Vincent Blacker, a Lieutenant in the H.M. Militia, who devises an outrageous plan to raid the gambling tables at the iconic Monte Carlo casino. Motivated by love, particularly his desire to win back his wife’s family estate for her, Blacker enlists the help of various colorful characters while grappling with the moral implications of their reckless scheme. At the start of the novel, Vincent Blacker shares the inception of his bold idea while lounging in bed one morning. He explains the motivations behind the planned heist, including the substantial amount of money believed to be present at Monte Carlo and his desire to see the wealth redistributed to charitable causes. As he introduces his past with Lucy Thatcher, his love interest, and their intertwined fates, he sets the stage for the upcoming adventure with hints of camaraderie and mischief. The beginning establishes a lighthearted, yet daring tone as Blacker prepares to assemble his crew and embark on what could be a disastrous yet thrilling escapade. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Adventure stories Robbery -- Fiction Casinos -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 420548 2025-07-20T09:45:44.926391 text/html 398266 2024-10-22T23:29:18 text/html 266932 2025-07-20T09:45:50.809931 application/epub+zip 266672 2025-07-20T09:45:45.804331 application/epub+zip 249610 2025-07-20T09:45:45.367367 application/epub+zip 364119 2025-07-20T09:45:54.771813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327833 2025-07-20T09:45:50.393822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310985 2022-09-22T20:33:20.187082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366252 2025-07-20T09:45:44.260372 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 346304 2024-10-22T23:29:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16764 2025-07-20T09:45:54.903813 application/rdf+xml 13548 2025-07-20T09:45:45.449347 image/jpeg 2331 2025-07-20T09:45:45.408344 image/jpeg 218725 2025-07-20T09:45:44.962384 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog