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The Great Train Robbery
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...
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Mar 11st, 2014
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.60in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780804171281
- Categories: • Historical - General• Thrillers - Historical• Action & Adventure
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Books I've found, I have not read. 1. The Story of More by Hope Jahren. 2. The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille 3. The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton 4. Wordsworth Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling 5. No Sunscreen for the dead by Tim Dorsey
Praise for this book
"A work of intelligence and craftsmanship.... Written with grace and wit." --Los Angeles Times
"One of the great storytellers of our age.... The best Michael Crichton novels are ... edifying reads, whose gripping plots contain real ideas." --Newsday
"Crichton is a master at blending edge-of-the-chair adventure and a scientific seminar, educating his readers as he entertains them." --Chicago Sun-Times
"[Crichton] makes the unbelievable believable." --Washington Post
"[Crichton's] stories are always page-turners of the highest order." --The Denver Post
What people are saying
Kino Lorber presents two new lines of classic and cult studio/non-studio films.
Coming June 13th! THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1978) • Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Michael Crichton • Theatrical Trailer • Two TV Spots • Reversible Art • Newly Encoded on Dual-Layered BD50 Disc From legendary writer/director Michael Crichton (Westworld, Coma)! https://t.co/WhTbUeLOkd
Classics & Indies streaming now #TCMSelect, @criterionchannl, arthouse, cult, docs & foreign favorites. #FilmStruck4 #EveryonesWelcomeAtFilmStruck
Director of the Week Michael Crichton features four films including WESTWORLD (’73), COMA (’78), THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (’79), and LOOKER (’81): https://t.co/m0NrxspH8x https://t.co/A3rIVeHlfn