Book info

• Title The Gold
• Author Neil Forsyth
• Year 2023
• Genre Non-fiction

On Saturday, 26 November 1983, an armed gang stole gold bullion worth almost £26 million from the Brink's-Mat security depot near London's Heathrow Airport. It was the largest robbery in world history, and only the start of an extraordinary story. For forty years, myths and legends have grown around the Brink's-Mat heist and the events that followed. The heist led to a wave of international money laundering, provided dirty money that helped fuel the London Docklands property boom, caused seismic changes in both British crime and policing, and has been linked to a series of deaths that continued until 2015. The Gold is the conclusion of extensive research and includes exclusive testimony from one of the original robbers who gives his version of events for the first time. The result is the astonishing true story of the robbery of the century.

Thoughts

Having watched the BBC series telling the story of the Brink’s-Mat robbery in great detail, a small obsession with this true crime has been growing. This is the first book I’ve read on the subject, and as this was by the same author who made the show, it’s pretty similar in content. A few extra details here and there, but generally speaking it details the facts behind the drama, which was pretty faithful considering there’s a lot we don’t know even now. A good read!

Rating: 4 / 5