GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was living the high life in Rio until he was kidnapped in 1981.
The abduction involved a group of former soldiers and the shiftier elements of British intelligence and created almost as much of a sensation as the robbery itself.
King, the "mastermind" of the audacious Operation Anaconda, tells the complete story from both sides - a story as thrilling as it is unbelievable and one that has been waiting a long time to be told.
The wait has been well worth it.
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