Hardback, 1st UK edn. On July 8, 1965, Ronald Biggs, who 2-yrs. earlier had participated in the 'crime of the century', went over the wall at Wandsworth jail, 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, where the author had traced him and where he spent months recording exclusive interviews with both Biggs and his wife Charmain. Illus. + Map eps. 295pp. 8vo. h/back. Browned pp. o/w G+ in sunned dw. and lightly soiled G+ dw.