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The Great Train Robbery

By Michael Crichton

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| Paperback | 9780440130994

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"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 theContinue

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English "Arsene Lupin"

Like a lot of Crichton's fan had said, this book might be the best (not the most famous) book he has ever written. Though I still think Crichton's talent is more on entertaining readers with sci-fi thrillers, you can almost feel his enthusiasm to the historical legends.
The story is kind of l ... (continue)

Like a lot of Crichton's fan had said, this book might be the best (not the most famous) book he has ever written. Though I still think Crichton's talent is more on entertaining readers with sci-fi thrillers, you can almost feel his enthusiasm to the historical legends.
The story is kind of lending itself to be a fascinating myth of “Great Train Robbery.” Crichton has used the leisure from a fiction, while he has added a lot of facts in the background, to cover up his speculations without getting reprimands of inaccuracy. Same technique is borrowed by other books, like State of Fear and other historical fictions.

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artie said on May 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

The Great Train Robbery

In this novel Crichton has moved away from his usual genre and has fictionalized The Great Gold Robbery of 1855. The author does an excellent job portraying the cunning mind of William (Edward) Pierce as he meticulously pieces together what he needs to achieve a seemingly impossible feat.

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Readingrat said on Aug 20, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback