The Great Train Robbery

Michael Crichton

About this book

"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."

Subjects

  • crime
  • criminals
  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • fiction in english
  • fiction in english, 1900- texts
  • fiction, suspense
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • large type books
  • london (england), fiction
  • outlaws
  • robbers and outlaws
  • train robberies
  • train robberies in fiction