Publisher's Synopsis
In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, 2.6 million (50 million today) in unmarked notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daringly executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. Quickly dubbed the crime of the century, it has captured the imagination of the public and the world's media for 50 years. But what really happened? This is the story of four talented villains who took the criminal world by storm - of the "perfect crime". It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to hunt the robbers down and to make sure nobody slipped through the net. Here is a true-life crime thriller, and also a vivid slice of British social history.
