Bidwell’s Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison

Austin Bidwell recounts his own career as the mastermind of one of the nineteenth century’s most audacious frauds—the forging of the Bank of England—and the long imprisonment that followed. Part confession, part adventure, the memoir moves from the boardrooms of Wall Street to the cells of an English prison. It offers a vivid first-hand look at Victorian crime, punishment, and redemption.