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The train robbers

The train robbers

by Piers Paul Read

1978Train robberiesScotland YardCrime and criminalsBiographyFiction, general
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Train robberiesScotland YardCrime and criminalsBiographyFiction, generalRailroads, great britain
First published 1978

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Setting

England

About the author

Piers Paul Read

7 Mar 1941

Piers Paul Read (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, *Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors*, later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. **Source**: [Piers Paul Read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Paul_Read) on Wikipedia.

Author

Piers Paul Read

First published

1978

Pages

315

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

7

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Ebury Publishing

ISBN

9788474540673

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