by Michael Crichton · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401492358
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«El gran robo del tren» is Michael Crichton's historical suspense novel, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
In Victorian London, the ingenious Edward Pierce moves between opulence and misery while plotting the theft of a gold shipment guarded on a steam train. Based on a famous real case, the novel combines suspense, social criticism, and the pulse of the railway in nineteenth-century England.
The novel was originally published in 1975 under the title The Great Train Robbery and won the California Book Award. This Spanish edition was published in 1994.
It is aimed at readers of historical fiction, thrillers, and adventure, and at fans of Michael Crichton.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
