The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton
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"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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Historical Fiction, Train robberies, Train robberies in fiction, Fiction, Fiction in English, Robbers and outlaws, Criminals, History, Fiction in English, 1900- Texts, Crime, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, London (england), fiction, Large type books, Outlaws, Fiction, historical, generalTimes
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El Gran Robo Del Tren/the Great Train Robbery
June 1994, Distribooks Inc
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Der grosse Eisenbahnraub: Roman
1994, Droemer Knaur
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The Great Train Robbery
July 2, 1994, Ballantine Books
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The great train robbery
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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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