- Historical Fiction, Train robberies, Train robberies in fiction, Fiction
"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."
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Crichton
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 317
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Droemer Knaur, Ballantine
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- Spanish, English, Italian, French
- ISBN
- 9780816162284
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“Forty minutes out of London, passing through the rolling green fields and cherry orchards of Kent, the morning train of the South Eastern Railway attained its maximum speed of fifty-four miles an hour.”
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