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Title: The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0-06-050230-4 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (97 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating historical fiction
Comment: This book is an exciting story told with masterful narration. It follows the undertaking of aristocratic robber Edward Pierce as he undertakes to repossess #12,000 in English gold bullion destined for the Crimean War. It is no easy task with the gold being under state-of-the-art lock and key. And not just one key, but four, all kept in different possession. It requires a master manipulator to get all of the pieces to fall into place. And that he is. Using his gang numbering around four or five at different times in the story, Pierce uses his knowledge of human nature against society to better his coffers. Crichton has done his research in this book, using terms, places, and events from Victorian England to recreate one of that era's most spectacular and audacious crime. This book, based upon a real event, is definitely an entertaining read, good for relaxing at home on a Sunday afternoon, for gaining knowledge about common mid-1800s England, or for passing the time on a...train.
Rating: 5
Summary: The good Crichton
Comment: In his earlier career as a writer, Michael Crichton's books were a mix of fiction and documentary. His later books are still based on actual facts of new scientifical development, but books like "The Andromeda strain" and "Eaters of the dead" read more like documentaries with Crichton's intelligents insights. "The great train robbery" is one of those earlier books.
With an accurate portrait of the victorian society in the half of the 19th century, Crichton tells the story of Edward Pierce and Robert Agar, the main duo of the band responsible for the robbery of the train that carried the gold destined to support the Crimean war. From the inicial plan, until the accomplished fact, in a relatively short book, Crichton was able to give the characters the dimension of the real people they were. This book is more entertaining given the fact that it is a true story, so there are no impossible plot twists, improbable situations and factual mistakes. Crichton did a good research and provided his readers with a nice book.
In a time when bestselling authors such as John Grisham, Ken Follett and even Michael Crichton appear to be suffering from an inspirational crisis, it's a good idea to get their earlier books and read them at the top of their career. "The great train robbery" is one of these interesting books.
Grade 8.9/10
Rating: 5
Summary: sweet
Comment: The great train robbery is a great book about well a u train robbery. A group of men in 19 century England that are bent on robbing alone of the most heavily guarded shipments of gold in the country, and they will do anything to get it. The whole book is not just the fast action read that the train robbery part is but also the exiting buildup to the robbery. I liked this book because of all the things these men do to complete the goal of the great train robbery. If you would like an interesting story about a group of people getting what they want and doing whatever is Necessary to get there, then you will like this book.
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Title: Eaters of the Dead by MICHAEL CRICHTON ISBN: 0345354613 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Airframe by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0345402871 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0060092572 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Timeline by MICHAEL CRICHTON ISBN: 0345417623 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rising Sun by MICHAEL CRICHTON ISBN: 0345380371 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 23 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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