The Great Train Robbery

by Michael Crichton

First published 1975 · 304 pages

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."

  • Historical Fiction
  • Train robberies
  • Train robberies in fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fiction in English
  • Robbers and outlaws
  • Criminals
  • History

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