Some light holiday reading, anyone? Millions of dollars worth of rare manuscripts, including works by Shakespeare and Chaucer, have been stolen from the University of Durham library in northeast England. British police said Saturday that the literary looters forced open glass display cases and escaped in the light of day. Among the seven stolen manuscripts was a rare 17th century edition of Shakespeare's first folio.
Burglarizing the Bard
Some light holiday reading, anyone? Millions of dollars worth of rare manuscripts, including works by Shakespeare and Chaucer, have been stolen from the University of Durham library in northeast England. British police said Saturday that the literary looters forced open glass display cases and escaped in the light of day. Among the seven stolen manuscripts was a rare 17th century edition of Shakespeare's first folio.
