The Duke of Wellington, Kidnapped!: The Incredible True Story of the Art Heist That Shocked a Nation

In 1961, a thief broke into the National Gallery in London and committed the biggest art heist in British history. He stole the museum’s much prized painting, The Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya. Despite unprecedented international attention and an unflagging investigation, the case was not solved for four years, and even then, only because the culprit came forward voluntarily.

Kempton Bunton—an elderly gentleman with no criminal background—claimed he executed the theft armed with on…