The Butterfly Thief - True Crime By Walter Marsh

Adventure, Empire, and Australia’s Greatest Museum Heist

In The Butterfly Thief, Adelaide Journalist/ Author, Walter Marsh follows the trail of Colin Wyatt, a mysterious 20th-century collector. It is the fascinating story of the most audacious serial heist in the history of Australia's museums - and how the British gentleman adventurer pulled it off and got away with it - in a scientific true crime caper stretching around the globe.

In January 1947, over 3,000 rare and precious specimens of butterflies have vanished from Australia’s most prestigious museums. Alarmingly, the missing insects includes many that are priceless. On the other side of the world, New Scotland Yard detectives find over a haul of over 40,000 butterfly specimens in a house in Surrey, England.

This historical true crime caper picks up the trail of one man's adventurous life and its collision course with the colourful and contested world of natural history museums.

Cost: $35 (includes morning tea and complimentary raffle ticket)

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