β Scribed by Jonathan Oates
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"Oates charts train crimes from the Victorian period to the present day, from casual murder to calculated robbery. . . . A must for true-crime addicts" (Practical Family History).
Murder and robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal history. Railways and trains create special conditions--and opportunities--for criminal acts. Two legendary large-scale robberies took place on the British railways--the Gold Bullion Robbery of 1855 and the Great Train Robbery of 1963--and these extraordinary episodes are often used as examples of the ultimate in criminal audacity.
But as Jonathan Oates shows in this powerful selection of case studies, most railway crime is less sensational yet, in many ways, more revealing. He reconstructs in vivid detail some of the most memorable cases dating from Victorian times to the present day. Included are cases of adults and children who were thrown to...
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