The Great Train Robbery

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307816443

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The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton Pdf

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…

Author : Nick Russell-Pavier,Stewart Richards
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780297864400

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The Great Train Robbery by Nick Russell-Pavier,Stewart Richards Pdf

Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, £2.6 million (£50 million today) in unmarked £5, £1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daring and brilliantly executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. Quickly dubbed the crime of the century, it has captured the imagination of the public and the world's media for 50 years, taking its place in British folklore and giving birth to the myths of The Great Train Robbery. Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds became household names. But what really happened? This is the story of four talented villains who took the criminal world by storm, of the 'perfect crime'. It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to hunt the robbers down and to make sure nobody slipped through the net, not even the innocent. It is the story of an Establishment under siege, and of one mistake which cost the robbers 307 years in prison. 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.

Author : David C. Hanrahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Train robberies
ISBN : 0709090404

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The First Great Train Robbery by David C. Hanrahan Pdf

In May 1855, the citizens of Victorian Great Britain were shocked to read in their morning edition of The Times that 12,000 pounds worth of gold bars and other valuables had been stolen from a train travelling between London and Paris--without explosives or violence! Who did it and how was a great mystery which was finally solved.

Author : Tim Coates
Publisher : Tim Coates Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Train robberies
ISBN : 1843810220

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The Great British Train Robbery, 1963 by Tim Coates Pdf

The theft of 120 mailbags from a travelling post office has been dubbed the crime of the century. Reproduced here are extracts from the report of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, which was submitted to the Home Office in 1964. At that time the investigation was still not complete: much of the #2.6 million had not been recovered and at least three of the robbers were still at large. A brief postscript covers the later arrest and sentencing of Buster Edwards, Bruce Reynolds and James White - and the re-arrest of Ronnie Biggs in 2001, 36 years after his escape from prison.

Author : Brenda Haugen,Natalie Rosinsky
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Thieves
ISBN : 9780756543600

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The Great Train Robbery by Brenda Haugen,Natalie Rosinsky Pdf

Shout and we'll kill you! Threats and violence were part of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Its loot was, at that time, the largest amount of cash ever stolen in Britain. The Crime of the Century seemed to be perfectly planned and executed, but police aimed to show that they'd find those involved and bring them to justice. Would they succeed or would the daring criminals involved in the crime escape with the cash?

Author : Geoff Platt
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473857469

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The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad by Geoff Platt Pdf

The amazing true story of one of Great Britain’s most notorious heists and the crack team that brought the perpetrators to justice. On August 8, 1963, a group of fifteen men dressed in military uniforms stopped the Royal Mail train running between Glasgow and London at Sears Crossing in Ledburn. The gang uncoupled the engine and first two cars, drove them to a different location, and then disappeared with one hundred and twenty mailbags containing more than £2.5 million in used banknotes. A number of books have already been published about England’s infamous Great Train Robbery, but until now, little has been written about the intensive police investigation and the intrepid team that hunted down the criminals responsible. In this riveting true crime chronicle, author, journalist, and former police detective Geoff Platt explores the execution and aftermath of the brazen criminal enterprise that British newspapers dubbed “the Crime of the Century.” He introduces readers to members of the elite Flying Squad organized by “the Old Grey Fox,” Det. Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler, and details step by step, the organization and execution of the massive police inquiry, and exposes the mistakes that hindered the robbers and the investigators alike. In addition, Platt compares the methods used more than fifty years ago with contemporary crime fighting and forensic techniques to explore how the same investigation would most likely be run today. A fascinating study of crime and detection, The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad shines a brilliant new light on a legendary act of audacious criminality.

Author : Bruce Reynolds,Alan Parker,Nick Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Train robberies
ISBN : 0953572463

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The Great Train Robbery Files by Bruce Reynolds,Alan Parker,Nick Reynolds Pdf

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345539007

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Disclosure by Michael Crichton Pdf

From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an electrifying thriller in which a shocking accusation of sexual harassment triggers a gripping psychological game of cat and mouse and threatens to derail a brilliant career. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A fresh and provocative story.”—People An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss—a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have—Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain. As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company’s secrets—and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down. “Crichton writes superbly. . . . The excitement rises with each page.”—Chicago Tribune “A heart-stop story running on several tracks at once. Disclosure is up to [Crichton’s] usual locomotive speed.”—The Boston Globe “Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Author : Graham Satchwell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780750993463

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Great Train Robbery Confidential by Graham Satchwell Pdf

In 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive thefts from mail trains – similar to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 where £2.6 million was taken and only £400,000 ever recovered. Thirty years later their paths crossed again and an unlikely partnership was formed, with the aim of revealing the truth about the Great Train Robbery. This book reassesses the known facts about one of the most infamous crimes in modern history from the uniquely qualified insight of an experienced railway detective, presenting new theories alongside compelling evidence and correcting the widely accepted lies and half-truths surrounding this story.

Author : R. Michael Wilson
Publisher : Two Dot Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0762741503

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Great Train Robberies of the Old West by R. Michael Wilson Pdf

During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every alteration to their cars and changed every procedure they could imagine to thwart the robbers, but to no avail. Robbing trains became epidemic over the next five decades, even when the legislatures made train robbery a capital crime. A few of the hundreds of train robberies stand out as thrilling and dangerous affairs, and the greatest of these (15-20) are included in this book.

Author : Gordon Goody,Maurice O'Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Thieves
ISBN : 1908479817

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How to Rob a Train by Gordon Goody,Maurice O'Connor Pdf

Gordon Goody is the mystery man of the Great Train Robbery, the most notorious theft in British history. Regarded by his partners as tough and fearless, he has kept his silence for five decades. Until now. Raised in rural Northern Ireland, Goody served as an army sergeant but chose a life of crime and became one of the most professional and prolific robbers in London. He and his gang were offered the job of a lifetime: details of a Glasgow to London mail train laden with cash, provided by The Ulsterman, whose identity Goody reveals for the first time.

Author : Andrew Cook
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780752492223

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The Great Train Robbery by Andrew Cook Pdf

The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most infamous crimes in British history. The bulk of the money stolen (equivalent to over £40 million today) has never been recovered, and there has not been a single year since 1963 when one aspect of the crime or its participants has not been featured in the media. Despite the wealth and extent of this coverage, a host of questions have remained unanswered: Who was behind the robbery? Was it an inside job? And who got away with the crime of the century? Fifty years of selective falsehood and fantasy has obscured the reality of the story behind the robbery. The fact that a considerable number of the original investigation and prosecution files on those involved and alleged to have been involved were closed, in many cases until 2045, has only served to muddy the waters still further. Now, through Freedom of Information requests and the exclusive opening of many of these files, Andrew Cook reveals a new picture of the crime and its investigation that, at last, provides answers to many of these questions.

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : France
ISBN : 0345517814

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Timeline by Michael Crichton Pdf

A Yale history professor travels back in time to 15th century France and gets stuck, unable to return to the present. His colleagues organize a rescue and on landing in France become involved in the Hundred Years War.

Author : Lee Sturley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781473503977

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The Secret Train Robber by Lee Sturley Pdf

The Crime of the Century. The biggest train heist in Britain’s history. The Great Train Robbery. In the early hours of Thursday, 8th August 1963, a fifteen-strong gang stole £2.6 million (£45 million of today’s money) from the Glasgow to London mail train at Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire. The crime was so epic; every single development of the case was followed tirelessly by the press. Countless books have since been published and, even today, films, television dramas and documentaries continue to study the smallest of details of one of the most daring and cleverly concocted criminal plans of all-time. Much of the gang were later captured and paid the price with lengthy jail sentences. But 50 years on, many still question who the real mastermind behind the plot. For years most people accepted that Bruce Reynolds was but is that really the case? One man knows the answer and the true identity of the man behind the robbery all too well. In this engrossing biography, the only living person who personally knows the real mastermind revisits the Great Train Robbery and rewrites history as we know it. Full of explosive, fresh revelations, The Secret Train Robber sees the final piece of the puzzle firmly set in place and the name of one of Britain’s most sophisticated criminal minds ever is finally revealed.

Author : Christopher Vine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1908897058

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Peter's Railway the Great Train Robbery by Christopher Vine Pdf

Peter, Harry, and Kitty foil a terrible robbery and catch the dangerous villains. Their methods are brave and unconventional, causing much damage and enjoyable mayhem. At the end they are presented with a huge reward!