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The Great Train Robbery Read by Michael Cumpsty

A well-bred young man in Victorian London masterminds the heisting of the gold bullion meant as payroll for the troops in the Crimean War.

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  • "A well-bred young man in Victorian London masterminds the heisting of the gold bullion meant as payroll for the troops in the Crimean War."@en
  • "Edward Pierce believes he can rob a fast-moving train carrying the payroll for Crimean War troops."
  • ""Everyone knows it's impossible to rob the fast-moving train carrying the payroll for Crimean War troops. The gold bullion is packed in modern, uncrackable safes, and an elaborate system has been implemented to protect the safe keys. But Edward Pierce, a handsome young gentleman of good breeding, believes he alone cna mastermind the unthinkable." -- Container."
  • "In 1855, mysterious master criminal Edward Pierce plans and carries out, with three accomplices, the impossible robbery of the monthly London-to-Paris train carrying gold bullion for the British Army in the Crimea."@en
  • "Story of the most daring train robbery of the century-- Edward Pierce's stunning capture of the gold from Victorian England's mighty steam train."
  • "Story of the most daring train robbery of the century-- Edward Pierce's stunning capture of the gold from Victorian England's mighty steam train."@en
  • "The classic story of the most shocking crime of the century. One man masterminds the robbery of the train carrying the payroll for British troops. The cargo is supposed to be in uncrackable safes and impossible to get to, but the unthinkable becomes reality."
  • "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 the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive?"@en

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  • "Audiobooks"@en
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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "The Great Train Robbery Read by Michael Cumpsty"@en
  • "The Great train robbery (unabridged)"
  • "The Great Train Robbery"@en
  • "The great train robbery"
  • "The great train robbery"@en

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