The Great Train Robbery
Published on 14. May 2012
304 pages
978-0-307-81644-3 (ISBN)
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From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, 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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MICHAEL CRICHTON was born in Chicago in 1942. His novels include Timeline, Jurassic Park, and The Andromeda Strain. He was also the creator of the television series ER. One of the most popular writers in the world, his books have been made into thirteen films, and translated in thirty-six languages. He died in 2008.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Preparations
- Chapter 1: The Provocation
- Chapter 2: The Putter-Up
- Chapter 3: The Screwsman
- Chapter 4: The Unwitting Accomplice
- Chapter 5: The Railway Office
- Chapter 6: The Problem and the Solution
- Chapter 7: The Swell
- Chapter 8: The Holy Land
- Chapter 9: The Routine of Mr. Edgar Trent
- Chapter 10: A Made Dog
- Chapter 11: The Destruction of Vermin
- Chapter 12: The Problem of Miss Elizabeth Trent
- Chapter 13: A Hanging
- Chapter 14: A Georgian Disgrace
- Chapter 15: The Pierce Household
- Chapter 16: Rotten Row
- Part II: The Keys
- Chapter 17: The Necessity of a Fresh
- Chapter 18: The Carriage Fakement
- Chapter 19: The Assignation
- Chapter 20: The Coopered Ken
- Chapter 21: An Audacious Act
- Chapter 22: The Prad Prig
- Chapter 23: The Jolly Gaff
- Chapter 24: Hykey Doings
- Chapter 25: Breaking the Drum
- Chapter 26: Crossing the Mary Blaine Scrob
- Chapter 27: The Eel-Skinner's Perplexity
- Chapter 28: The Finishing Touch
- Part III: Delays and Difficulties
- Chapter 29: Minor Setbacks
- Chapter 30: A Visit to Mr. Chubb
- Chapter 31: The Snakesman Turns Nose
- Chapter 32: Minor Incidents
- Chapter 33: Miltonians on the Stalk
- Chapter 34: The Nose Is Crapped
- Chapter 35: Plucking the Pigeon
- Chapter 36: Scotland Yard Deduces
- Chapter 37: Further Congratulations
- Chapter 38: A Sharp Business Practice
- Chapter 39: Some Late Difficulties
- Chapter 40: A False Alarm
- Chapter 41: A Final Inconvenience
- Part IV: The Great Train Robbery
- Chapter 42: A Remarkable Revival
- Chapter 43: The Origin of Audacity
- Chapter 44: A Problem of Dunnage
- Chapter 45: The End of the Line
- Chapter 46: A Brief History of the Inquiry
- Part V: Arrest and Trial
- Chapter 47: The Bug-Hunter's Chance
- Chapter 48: Kangaroo-Hunting
- Chapter 49: The P.R.
- Chapter 50: Winkling Out
- Chapter 51: The Trial of an Empire
- Chapter 52: The End
- About the Author
- Books by Michael Crichton
