The Great Train Robbery
Written by Michael Crichton
Narrated by Michael Kitchen
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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.…
Michael Crichton wrote and directed the screen adaptation of The Great Train Robbery, starring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland.
Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Reviews for The Great Train Robbery
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I liked the social history about 19 century GB. It is the closest thing to time travel.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fascinating story that was entertaining and clever from beginning to end! The reader was excellent.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chreighton does his best when he keeps his characters strong or true to history as with this book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Captivating! Riveting!
Fantastic performance. This is in my top 10 Scribd audiobooks. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A tale of witty robbery in Victorian England. Quite interesting.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. I really enjoyed the dialog from that period of English history.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dickens-esque. Which I wasn’t expecting given that the writer’s books have been blockbuster films in the 90’s. A great story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seamlessly adds fascinating details to riviting story. Makes it hard to know what to read that can follow that!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic historical fiction. Wonderful character. Suspenseful and intriguing. Top 10 in my repertoire
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of Crichton's best. I'm surprised that it has yet to be made into a film. As its name says, it goes into detail about robbing a train. Crichton's talent for weaving real world information into the story and shaping character arcs shines here. I was entertained and learned a lot about Victorian England.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a great historical novel based on extensive research. Not only is the story really good, but I learned a lot about 19th century England, which turns out to fascinating because of the incredibly rapid changes going on during the industrial revolution. The audio book is very well read.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It was difficult to understand the language. It was too wordy.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There were a lot of random details and the end seemed to stop short.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Historical account of the event. Very little historical fiction. Clear he did his homework; however, I wanted a story and this was a history lesson peppered with what was likely said.