The Great Train Robbery
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 034539092X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Entertaining Heist In 1855, England was near the height of its power. Industrialization had transformed the country, its empire stretched across most of the world, and high-speed rail was an established fact of life. In the midst of this Victorian order, Edward Pierce conceived and executed perhaps the most daring robbery up to that point in . APPARENTLY, I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST Following Michael Crichton's untimely death, I decided to complete my library with his works. The GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY was the only one missing and, I must say, although not the usual Science-Thriller Crichton had accustomed us to, it had the writer's signature iconoclastic approach to everything he wrote about.Set in mid-19. Amazon Customer said Pretty good if you like books. This book is a lot of Crichtonites favorite book. I didn't like it as much as his others, but it's still very well executed and I can see the appeal
Long before the carefully researched techno-thrillers that ultimately brought him to fame, Crichton wrotewith remarkable speed and gustoten high-octane suspense novels to support himself while studying at Harvard Medical School. . One of the most popular entertainers in the world, Crichton sold more than 200 million copies of his books, which have been translat
"A nineteenth-century version of The StingCrichton fascinates us."-- The New, York Times Book Review
Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive.. "A nineteenth-century version of THE STINGCrichton fascinates us."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWIn teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century