Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (1975, Hardcover)

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"A nineteenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 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 Englands 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.... From the Paperback edition.

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394494016
ISBN-139780394494012
eBay Product ID (ePID)152421

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TopicGeneral, Mystery & Detective / General
Book TitleGreat Train Robbery
Publication Year1975
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorMichael Crichton
FormatHardcover

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Item Weight17.5 Oz

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Synopsis"A nineteenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 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.... From the Paperback edition.

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  • meh, I like this book and have read it many times, this is not a collecters' copy.

    The book I received had no dust jacket, was written on, and also had no end bands.

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  • An excellent novel!

    Though this is published in 1975, it is really well worth to read. I could not put the book down until the end.

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