A cunning gentleman orchestrates a daring gold heist in Victorian London, blending historical fact with thrilling fiction.
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A cunning gentleman orchestrates a daring gold heist in Victorian London, blending historical fact with thrilling fiction.
In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before th...
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Moderate sexual content with some explicit references; not central to the plot.
Moderate violence including a garroting death and a graphic rat terrier scene with animal cruelty.
Minor use of period-specific slang and mild language; not frequent.
Brief mentions of alcohol use in social settings; not glamorized.
No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
No religious themes present.
No witchcraft or occult themes present.
No evidence found in available sources.
Moderate commentary on Victorian repression and social inequality; not dominant.
No self-harm or suicide themes present.
Moderate depiction of animal cruelty in a rat terrier betting scene; some societal suffering.
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