A thrilling Victorian heist story based on real events - by the international bestselling author of Jurassic Park. In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Rich, handsome and ingenious, 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 daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who would 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 novel, set a decade before the age of dynamite - yet nonetheless explosive...
By:
Michael Crichton Read by:
Michael Kitchen Imprint: Bolinda/Brilliance Audio Country of Publication: Australia Edition: Unabridged Dimensions:
Height: 134mm,
Width: 146mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 190g ISBN:9781511307406 ISBN 10: 1511307404 Publication Date:01 November 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:CD-Audio Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The Great Train Robbery (Audio Book)
'A nineteenth-century version of The Sting ... Crichton fascinates us.' -- The New York Times Book Review 'A work of intelligence and craftmanship ... Written with grace and wit.' -- The Los Angeles Times