The Great Train Robbery: History-Making Heist

by Brenda Haugen

Shout and we'll kill you! Threats and violence were part of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Its loot was, at that time, the largest amount of cash ever stolen in Britain. The Crime of the Century seemed to be perfectly planned and executed, but police aimed to show that they'd find those involved and bring them to justice. Would they succeed or would the daring criminals involved in the crime escape with the cash?

96 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2010

Reviews

[Tobias · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the book, "The Great Train Robbery: History-Making Heist", written by Brenda Haugen it talks about the Train Robbery in 1963. It talks about how the men stole 7 million pounds (2.5 tons of weight) which now are worth 63 million pounds. It also talks about the history of the men that where involved and how they flew and made new passports to get away from that area. Most of them got arrested, but after breaking out or finishing there sentence they again did crimes and drugs. Many people got injured and the co-driver was even said to have fought of the robbers, but they hit him with a bat which made him die early. Lastly it talks about how these criminals where stupid to steal the money and then stay in a house 30 km away. This led to people finding there stuff there when the fled which had loads of there fingerprints on it leading to there guiltiness. If you want to know more about his robbery you need to read this book.

[Aasad7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The great train robbers wanted to steal millions of pounds from a late train,and they did. But after they tried hard to change there identity and go in hiding they got arreststed and were sentenced to jail. So after a few years they got out.Then they made history and were all over Britain and got there own book.

[Ella Pyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this series, and i like how she writes the book. She never gave away what really happened until the end of the book, which keeps any reader hooked. This is a really good book to read