The Autobiography of a Thief
The Man Behind The Great Train Robbery
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2011
Summary
ONE OF THE MOST DARING ROBBERIES IN HISTORY IN THIS CLASSIC OF THE CRIME GENRE
8 August 1963; a railway track in Buckinghamshire. The moon shines clearly over Bruce Reynolds and sixteen other men robbing a train of its sacks of money. The Great Train Robbery has entered British folklore as one of the most audacious and extraordinary crimes of the twentieth century. The haul – £2,631,684 – is, in today’s money, a staggering £26 million.
Bruce Reynolds, the leader of the gang, w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753539170 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753539179 |
| Author: | Bruce Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 108mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
His story stands apart … skilful enough to capture both the immediate excitement of crime and the dull price it so often extracts
His story stands apart … skilful enough to capture both the immediate excitement of crime and the dull price it so often extracts * The Times *
Far superior in style and narrative to the standard self-serving criminal memoir * Guardian *
Exceptional… elegantly written
Amazes and immorally amuses with his high-living, anti-establishment career * Daily Mail *
Bruce Reynolds
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