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The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton
First Published
2009
Subjects
Historical Fiction
Train robberies
Train robberies in fiction
Fiction
Fiction in English
Robbers and outlaws
Criminals
History
Fiction in English, 1900- Texts
Crime
Fiction, suspense
Fiction, historical
London (england), fiction
Large type books
Outlaws
Fiction, historical, general
Description
"England, 1855. The days of Queen Victoria. Once a month a train roars toward the channel laden with a fantastic shipment of gold. The train is guarded. The two safes are invulnerable...Yet Edward Pierce, a handsome, redbearded rogue, will have his way. In his plan he will choose one companion--a beautiful and dangerous woman. He will commit one of the most shocking crimes of the century."