Great Train Robbery
...robbery. A robbery is taking place on the board of a moving train. a moving train. Set in 1855 England, Edward Pierce is a master thief with the ambitious goal of stealing a shipment of gold bars en route to the Crimea. Conspiring with his beautiful mistress, Miriam, and England's greatest locksmith, Agar , Pierce sets out on a quest to copy each of four keys needed to open the train's vault, keys that are kept and guarded by different parties. This is a real action story that that takes a reader on a historical and culminates in the suspenseful, dangerous climax of this true story. Michael Crichton's thoroughgoing research and attention to the minute details of the narrative make it both lively and interesting. At once, we are able to see the man - Edward Pierce, and the world he lives and operates in - both sides of Victorian London. Apart from the detail, the portrayal of the characters and the relationships they have with each other is brutally honest, yet captivating. And finall...