{"product_id":"the-great-train-robbery-9780297864394","title":"The Great Train Robbery","description":"\u003cp\u003e2.6 million stolen in 46 minutes  prison sentences totalling 378 years  23 criminals  countless victims. In the early hours of Thursday  August 8  1963  at Sears Crossing near Cheddington in Buckinghamshire  2.6 million (45 million today) in unmarked 5  1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London mail train in a violent and daring raid which took forty-six minutes. Quickly dubbed \"the Crime of the Century \" it has captured the imagination of the public and the worlds media for fifty years  taking its place in British folklore. Ronnie Biggs  Bruce Reynolds  and Buster Edwards became household names  and their accounts have fed the myths and legends of The Great Train Robbery. But what really happened? This definitive account dismantles the myths and strips away the sensational headlines to reveal a flawed  darker  and more complex story. The crime  the police investigation  the trial  two escapes from high-security prisons  and an establishment under siege are all laid bare in astonishing detail for an epic tale of crime and punishment. Fifty years later  here is the story set out in full for the first timea true-life crime thriller  and also a vivid slice of British social history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923742851125,"sku":"ByrdShop_0297864394","price":246.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780297864394.jpg?v=1794113415","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-train-robbery-9780297864394","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}