- Title:
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Australian Heist (MP3)
- Written by:
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James Phelps
- Read by:
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Peter Hosking
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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8 hours 34 minutes
- MP3 size:
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372 MB
- Published:
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July 23 2018
- Available Date:
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July 23 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781460798218
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; True Crime
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/HarperCollins audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Australia's #1 True Crime Writer on Australia's Greatest Gold Robbery.
Colorado, USA, 1903
‘Boys,’ he said, ‘you might have heard a thing or two about me over the years?’
His sons nodded.
‘Well, it’s true,’ he said. ‘All of it. And then there is more. Some of it, well, you might struggle to believe. But you have to. It’s my legacy and your future.’
And then Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road, Prince of Thieves, told his boys a tale of treasure. Of stagecoaches, shotguns and saddles. Of bandits called bushrangers, a bloke called Ben Hall, and a bounty that has never been beaten.
‘It was Australia’s biggest heist,’ he said. ‘Gold. Cash. Banknotes. And most of it was lost. Or so they say.’
And then he gave them a map.
On 15 June 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes, NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million today. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history.
In this riveting re-creation of the events, James Phelps finally tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John O’Meally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery – and what happened to all that gold. Australian Heist is a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the most extraordinary episodes in the nation’s history, by Australia’s number-one true-crime writer.