The Great Train Robbery : The Definitive Account

Richards, Stewart, Stewart, Nick, Russell-Pavier, Nick

ISBN 10: 0297864394 / ISBN 13: 9780297864394

Published by Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2013

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Train Robbery : The Definitive Account
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297864394
• ISBN 13: 9780297864394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.645 pounds

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Synopsis

£2.6 million stolen in 46 minutes, prison sentences totalling 378 years, 23 criminals, countless victims. In the early hours of Thursday, August 8, 1963, at Sears Crossing near Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, £2.6 million (£45 million today) in unmarked £5, £1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London mail train in a violent and daring raid which took forty-six minutes. Quickly dubbed "the Crime of the Century," it has captured the imagination of the public and the world's media for fifty years, taking its place in British folklore. Ronnie Biggs, Bruce Reynolds, and Buster Edwards became household names, and their accounts have fed the myths and legends of The Great Train Robbery. But what really happened? This definitive account dismantles the myths and strips away the sensational headlines to reveal a flawed, darker, and more complex story. The crime, the police investigation, the trial, two escapes from high-security prisons, and an establishment under siege are all laid bare in astonishing detail for an epic tale of crime and punishment. Fifty years later, here is the story set out in full for the first time—a true-life crime thriller, and also a vivid slice of British social history.

About the Author

Nick Russell-Pavier is a writer, dramatist, TV and film composer, and producer. Stewart Richards has worked as a film producer, television executive, and audio book publisher.