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Autobiography of a Thief
B Reynolds
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Description for Autobiography of a Thief
Paperback. 8 August 1963; a railway track in Buckinghamshire. The Great Train Robbery has entered British folklore as one of the most audacious and extraordinary crimes of the twentieth century. This title features a story that is brought to include the return of Ronnis Biggs to the UK, the deaths of Buster Edwards, Roy James and Taters Chatham. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 32. Weight in Grams: 228.
8 August 1963; a railway track in Buckinghamshire. The moon shines clearly over Bruce Reynolds and sixteen other men robbing a train of its sacks of money. The Great Train Robbery has entered British folklore as one of the most audacious and extraordinary crimes of the twentieth century. The haul £2,631,684 - is, in todays money, a staggering £26 million.
Bruce Reynolds, the leader of the gang, was sentenced to 25 years in prison; even the Commissioner of the Met, Sir Robert Mark, thought that excessive. On its first publication in 1995 Bruce Reynolds autobiography was widely acclaimed and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virgin Publishing
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753539170
SKU
V9780753539170
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Reviews for Autobiography of a Thief
His story stands apart ... skilful enough to capture both the immediate excitement of crime and the dull price it so often extracts
The Times
Far superior in style and narrative to the standard self-serving criminal memoir
Guardian
Exceptional... elegantly written Amazes and immorally amuses with his high-living, anti-establishment career
Daily Mail
The Times
Far superior in style and narrative to the standard self-serving criminal memoir
Guardian
Exceptional... elegantly written Amazes and immorally amuses with his high-living, anti-establishment career
Daily Mail