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The Great Train Robbery

Michael Crichton
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From the bestselling author of Jurassic ParkTimeline, and Sphere comes an enthralling novel about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. 
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…

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"A nineteenth-century version of The Sting...Crichton fascinates us."-- The New, York Times Book Review

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"A nineteenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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....

Year:
1973
Publisher:
@mystery_books_ar
Language:
arabic
ISBN 10:
0307816443
ISBN 13:
9780307816443
File:
EPUB, 2.22 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
arabic, 1973
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