The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

Michael Crichton

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

Lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side in Victorian London -- and Edward Pierce easily navigates both worlds. Rich, handsome, and ingenious, he charms the city's most prominent citizens even as he plots the crime of his century, the daring theft of a fortune in gold. But even Pierce could not predict the consequences of an extraordinary robbery that targets the pride of England's industrial era: the mighty steam locomotive. Based on remarkable fact, and alive with the gripping suspense, surprise, and authenticity that are his trademarks, Michael Crichton's classic adventure is a breathtaking thrill-ride that races along tracks of steel at breakneck speed.


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    Feb 18, 2025
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    Mar 08, 2025
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

    Crichton is a guilty pleasure author for me (didn't write women well) - but this one was pretty good! It's a man-of-the-people heist story based on true events, and a fun departure from his sci-fi.

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