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New York: Pinnacle Books, Inc., 1982. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. NO GUNS. NO HATRED. NO VIOLENCE. a work of narrative nonfiction; Rene Louis Maurice and the author of Triple and Eye of the Needle Ken Follett. CONTENTS: Prologue; 1 The Man Behind the Heist 2 Spaggiari Makes his Plans 3 A Jealous Wife 4 Getting In 5 Getting Out 6 the Investigation Begins 7 The Clues Come In 8 Spaggiari and the CIA 9 Spaggiari is Arrested 10 Spaggiari "Knowingly Destroys a Vehicle"; Epilogue. REVIEWS: "(Follett's) come up with another winner with co-authors Rene Louis Maurice... It's a gripping astonishing story of a remarkable bank theft in which the citizens of France think of the gangleader as an enigmatic Robin Hood with his band of merry men."--Manchester Union Leader. "Ken Follett and Rene Louis Maurice's exciting account of the European crime of the… Read More

London: Coronet Books Hodder and Stoughton Paperbacks, a division of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1979. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. THE SENSATIONAL BESTSELLER. THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY--AND ITS SENSATIONAL AFTERMATH. CONTENTS: PART ONE: ROBBERY 1. The First Firm 2. The Information 3. The Second Firm 4. Preparations 5. The Great Train Robbery 6. Flight from the Farm. PART TWO: RETRIBUTION 7. Arrests 8. The Trial 9. Escape 10. The Good Life 11. Prison 12. Release. PART THREE: CORROBRATION 13. In Pursuit of Proof; Epilogue; Appendix: What Happened to the Money; Bibliography. SYNOPSIS: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERS TELL THEIR STORY. On Thursday August 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from Glasgow to London and robbed it of 2,500,000 Pounds. It was called the crime of the century, and the thieves were… Read More

New York: Avon Books A division of The Hearst Corporation, 1979. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE THUNDERING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Piers Paul Read, Author of Alive. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Principal Characters and Their Associates; Introduction: Otto Skorzeny; ROBBERY 1. The First Gang 2. The Information 3. The Second Gang 4. Preparations 5. The Great Train Robbery 6. Flight from the Farm RETRIBUTION 7. Arrests 8. The Trial 9. Escape 10. The Good Life 11. Prison 12. Release CORROBRATION 13. In Pursuit of Proof; Appendix: What Happened to the Money; Sources. SYNOPSIS: PIERS PAUL READ The bestselling author who wrote the greatest story of human survival, ALIVE, now writes about the men who enacted the crime of the century--and a secret more shocking than the crime itself. THE TRAIN ROBBERS For over a decade they captured the world's imagination. Now, for the… Read More