THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THIEF

Paperback. Reprint Corgi edn. On the road to achieving the pinnacle of his profession, the author carried out a succession of lucrative, high-profile robberies - the 'Armoured Car' in Chelsea, the 'City Gents Raid' at London Airport, the Riviera jewel thefts. It wasn't nearly enough. In the early hours of August 8, 1963, he and 16 others robbed the Glasgow-to-Euston mail train of £2,631,684 - in today's money, a staggering £36 million plus. The world's press were soon carrying wanted photographs of the genius who had masterminded it. Bruce Reynolds was relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard for the next half decade until he was safely behind bars serving a huge sentence. Now, after a silence of over 30-yrs. Bruce Reynolds puts the record straight. Illus. 526pp. p/back. V.v. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.