The Great Train Robbery

From the bestselling author ofВ Jurassic Park ,В Timeline , andВ Sphere В comes an enthralling novelВ about Victorian LondonвЂTMs most notorious gold heist.В London, 1855, whenВ lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease.В 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 EnglandвЂTMs 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… Review "A nineteenth-century version of The Sting...Crichton fascinates us."-- The New, York Times Book Review From the Inside Flap "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....