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The Great Train Robbery is a best-selling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton, his third novel under his own name and his thirteenth novel overall.
- Michael Crichton
- 1975
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750), from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
Jul 12, 2013 · Novelist Jake Arnott got to know Bruce Reynolds - the leader of the gang - towards the end of his life. At 3am on 8 August 1963, the night mail train from Glasgow to Euston was stopped in...
Jun 28, 2024 · Great Train Robbery, (August 8, 1963), in British history, the armed robbery of £2,600,000 (mostly in used bank notes) from the Glasgow–London Royal Mail Train, near Bridego Bridge north of London. The 15 holdup men, wearing helmets, ski masks, and gloves, were aided by two accomplices—an anonymous.
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May 12, 1975 · The Great Train Robbery. Michael Crichton. 3.89. 32,331ratings1,894reviews. Kindle $13.99. Lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side in Victorian London -- and Edward Pierce easily navigates both worlds.
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Feb 28, 2013 · Ronald Edwards. Ronald "Buster" Edwards, who is perhaps best known as the subject of the 1988 film Buster, in which he was played by singer Phil Collins, is widely believed to have wielded the...
Jul 16, 2014 · At 3 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, 1963, a British mail train heading from Glasgow to London slowed for a red signal near the village of Cheddington, about 36 miles northwest of its...
