Product Description
Ronald Arthur Biggs (August 8th 1929 – December 13th 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for his various publicity stunts while in exile. In 2001, Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison, where his health rapidly declined. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013.
This is a 1994 first edition hardback copy of ‘Ronnie Biggs: Odd Man Out’. The story of Ronnie Biggs’s life since the Great Train Robbery in August 1963. It describes his part in the robbery, as well as his flight to South America via Australia. This book also looks at his attempted kidnapping, and his relationship with the media in Brazil.
This book has been signed and messaged in black pen by Ronnie Biggs. It is undedicated and has been finished with a drawing/doodle of a train. The message reads:
With best wishes
Ronnie Biggs
The Odd Man Out
Loving life in Rio De Janeiro, Brasil 1995
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