The Great Train Robbery (novel)
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Original 1975 cover art | |
Author | Michael Crichton |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Crime novel |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Released | May 1975 |
Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 266 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-394-49401-6 (first edition, hardback) |
The Great Train Robbery is a bestselling 1975 novel written by Michael Crichton. Originally published in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf (then, a division of Random House), it is currently published by Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It is the story of the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist, which takes place on a train traveling through Victorian era England. The great bulk of the book takes place in London.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The novel was later made into a 1979 film directed by Crichton.