The Great Train Robbery
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Michael Crichton
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes classic historical thriller about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…
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Author
Michael Crichton
Pages
304
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2012-05-14
ISBN
0307816443 9780307816443
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"Just fun. This book is a blast to read."
Arjay Jones
"This is by far my favorite Crichton book that I have read, perhaps because it is so unlike most of his work. Instead of focusing on modern society and the technology we create, it is set in the past, meaning that there are not nearly as many asides explaining either technology or philosophy regarding said technology. Its also a caper story, and I love a good caper, watching criminals come up with a plan and execute it. Its just a fun book, and that's not an adjective I would use to describe most of his work."
John Detrick
