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.…
Michael Crichton wrote and directed the screen adaptation of The Great Train Robbery, starring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland.
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| Author | Michael Crichton |
| Narrator | Michael Kitchen |
| ISBN | 9781501216695 |
| Length | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication Date | October 6, 2015 |
| Edition | Unabridged |
| Libro.fm Rank | #58,489 Overall |
| Genre Rank | #1,800 in Historical Fiction |