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ONE OF THE MOST DARING ROBBERIES IN HISTORY IN THIS CLASSIC OF THE CRIME GENRE 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 e2,631,684 - is, in todays money, a staggering e26 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 it is now regarded as a classic in the true crime genre. Now reissued with a new introduction and final chapter, the story is brought up to date to include the return of Ronnis Biggs to the UK, the deaths of Buster Edwards, Roy James and Taters Chatham and the continuing story of Reynolds life since his release from jail, as well as dozens of previously unseen photographs.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780753539170
eBay Product ID (ePID)99855724
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Autobiography of a Thief: the Man Behind the Great Train Robbery
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicTrue Crime, Criminology
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorBruce Reynolds, B Reynolds
Dimensions
Item Height178 mm
Item Weight246 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorB Reynolds, Bruce Reynolds