Guttridge Peter:
The Great Train Robbery
The National Archives (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 128 pages
Size: 154x127 mm
ISBN: 9781905615322
ISBN-10: 1905615329
List price: £7.99
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The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery was the 20th century's most breath-taking crime. This fast-paced history uses trial records from The National Archives to separate myth from reality, telling the story from the viewpoints of those involved - robbers, associates, witnesses and police, as well as the train drivers who suffered a terrifying ordeal. It reveals how a well-laid plan was undone by an anonymous tip-off, as well as mistakes like fingerprint evidence, and describes the major investigation that went worldwide when Biggs, Wilson and Edwards escaped. The story concludes with a look at the big question, who were the masterminds?

