The Great Train Robbery
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The Great Train Robbery
| Author | Michael Crichton |
|---|---|
| Published | 1975 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Crichton’s novelisation of the 1855 theft of gold bullion from a London-to-Folkestone train, built out of the trial record and Victorian criminal reportage — a heist told as a logistics problem: keys, timetables, rolling stock. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @moseskagan — in the thread under his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (April 2025). The full set of replies is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
What links here
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