The Great Train Robbery
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780060502300 (0060502304)
Publish date: November 5th 2002
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 329
Edition language: English
Takes the true story and uses literary license gives us a novel of how the robbery was committed. I enjoyed the book. The language was colorful and I needed the translations provided in the book. I liked how history was interspersed in the book as well as the social history of that time so I coul...
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3.5 Stars
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