The Great Train Robbery

The Untold Story from the Closed Investigation Files

Andrew Cook (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2013
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-5903-5 (ISBN)

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The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most infamous crimes in British history. The bulk of the money stolen (equivalent to over £40 million today) has never been recovered, and there has not been a single year since 1963 when one aspect of the crime or its participants has not been featured in the media. Despite the wealth and extent of this coverage, a host of questions have remained unanswered: Who was behind the robbery? Was it an inside job? And who got away with the crime of the century? Fifty years of selective falsehood and fantasy has obscured the reality of the story behind the robbery. The fact that a considerable number of the original investigation and prosecution files on those involved and alleged to have been involved were closed, in many cases until 2045, has only served to muddy the waters still further. Now, through Freedom of Information requests and the exclusive opening of many of these files, Andrew Cook reveals a new picture of the crime and its investigation that, at last, provides answers to many of these questions.

ANDREW COOK is an author and TV consultant with a degree in History & Ancient History. He was a programme director of the Hansard Scholars Programme for the University of London. Andrew has written for The Times, Guardian, Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today. His previous books include On His Majesty’s Secret Service (Tempus, 2002); Ace of Spies (Tempus, 2003); M: MI5’s First Spymaster (Tempus, 2006); The Great Train Robbery (The History Press, 2013); and 1963: That Was the Year That Was (The History Press, 2013).

Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 235 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-7524-5903-1 / 0752459031
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-5903-5 / 9780752459035
Zustand	Neuware