The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton Hardback 256 pages Very good condition "The Great Train Robbery is a bestselling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton. It is the story of the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist, which takes place on a train traveling through Victorian-era England on May 22, 1855. Most of the book takes place in London. The story is a fictionalized representation of the historical events that happened, although the setting can be considered quite accurate. In 1854, Edward Pierce, a charismatic and affluent "cracksman" or master thief, makes plans to steal a shipment of gold worth more than twenty five thousand pounds being transported monthly from London to the Crimean War front. He faces enormous obstacles as the bank has taken strict precautions, including locking the gold in two heavy safes, each of which has two locks, thus requiring a total of four keys to open. He recruits Robert Agar, a "screwsman" or specialist in copying keys, as an accomplice. To ensure the success of his bold plan, Pierce spends more than a year in preparation; his first steps are fairly easy as he uses his wealth and social contacts to procure information on the security measures and locations of the keys: the bank's executives Mr Henry Fowler and Mr Edgar Trent each possess a key; the other two are locked in a cabinet at the offices of the

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