Description
On 8th July 1965, Ronald Biggs, who two years earlier had participated in the 'crime of the century', went over the wall at Wandsworth jail in South London. It was the start of a manhunt which drove him to Paris, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Panama, Caracas and eventually to Rio de Janeiro.
Colin Mackenzie, a professional journalist with ten years' Fleet Street experience, traced the 'most wanted man' to Rio, and spent months in South America and Australia recording exclusive interviews with both Ronald Biggs and his wife Charmian. The story traces the career of this former small- time crook whose character and personality were remoulded by years on the run; and sustaining him throughout is the resilient and loving figure of his wife who never once failed him or his children in adversity and tragedy. It is a classic true-life adventure of our time.
ISBN:586043497
