The First Great Train Robbery

Never have so few taken so much from so many.

Plot Summary

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

gallows

historical figure

victorian england

execution

noose

hanging

train robbery

strongbox

gold theft

british history

playing piano

horse carriage

19th century

death by hanging

public execution

1850s

execution by hanging

hanged woman