The Gold: The Real Story Behind Brink's-Mat: Britain's Biggest Heist

by Neil Forsyth

The real story that inspired the BBC drama The Gold

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529149541
• ISBN13: 9781529149548
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Ebury Spotlight
• Length: 320 Pages