The Great Train Robbery: A Novel - Couverture souple

Crichton, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804171289 ISBN 13 : 9780804171281

Editeur : Vintage, 2014

Synopsis

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? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive....

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Rich, handsome and ingenious, Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century.
Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who would predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic novel, set a decade before the age of dynamite - yet nonetheless explosive...
'A nineteenth-centure version of The Sting... Crichton fascinates us'
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'A work of intelligence and craftmanship... Written with grace and wit'
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942. His novels include Timeline, Jurassic Park, and The Andromeda Strain. He was also the creator of the television series ER. One of the most popular writers in the world, his books have been made into thirteen films, and translated in thirty-six languages. He died in 2008.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0804171289
• ISBN 13: 9780804171281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288