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The idea that the great train robbery was a masterpiece of planning and execution by the cream of britains villains has been strangely persistent. I woke up one night when the great train robbery was almost completed, and thought that what the book s really about is repression, and thats what the whole victorian period means. Updated for the paperback edition with new text and pictures. It is the story of the great gold robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist, which takes place on a train travelling through victorianera england. In fact, as nick russellpavier and stewart richards fascinating, if mildly obsessive, new book proves, this was always a myth that handily suited.
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