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In 1855, mysterious and master criminal Edward Pierce plans and carries out, with three accomplices, the impossible robbery of the monthly London-to-Paris train carrying gold bullion for the British Army in the Crimea, and is brought to trial
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teenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us."
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In 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. 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....
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0394494016
- ISBN 13 9780394494012
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages266
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THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY OF VICTORIAN ENGALND 1855 [ A Novel ]
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JONATHAN CAPE, London, 1975
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition UK. A unique documentary approach to the novel of suspense told in fascinating detail: Once a month the gold bullion is boarded on a London train bound for Paris. Then, one month, the train arrives at Paris - empty. Author, Michael Chrichton, educated Harvard [ The Adromeda Strain/Terminal Man ] VG/VG [ Book- clean throughout, no inscs., sound binding, slight spine lean, tan to end papers] Dust Jacket not clipped, bright and clean, No fade- taking image lightens colours- to wrap-around-scene- design Leigh Taylor [& book spine is not marked- just the glint from the gilt train spine illustration]. Seller Inventory # 131570
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