Synopsis In Victorian London, Edward Pierce orchestrates the crime of the century, the famous train robbery of 1855, when train travel was scarcely a quarter of a century old. The novel is told in five parts: Preparations, The Keys, Delays and Difficulties, The Great Train Robbery, and Arrest and Trial, and covers the several years it took to plan and execute the crime. Crichton directed the 1979 version of the film that starred Sean Connery.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1975-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 266 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Note 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.
Industry Reviews "A nineteenth-century version of 'The Sting'...A nice Victorian flavor...Crichton makes it all work because he has such a nice eye for 'the illuminating detail'." Wagner
'One gorgeous read." Ellroy
"Exciting...Each episode is set against the background of the underworld, the lodging houses in the slums...the bordellos, the pubs, and the prisons..." Ellroy
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