Ben Macintyre - Böcker

The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'.Adam Worth was the greatest master criminal...

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A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zig-Zag. Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the...

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The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan.In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, rais...

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In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their Nazi captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 year...

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From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SASPenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of SAS: Rogue Heroes, written and read by Ben MacIntyre. 'Impeccably res...

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Brought to you by Penguin. *The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller* *Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize* *Bill Gates'' Top 5 Books for 2020* ''THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ'' JOHN LE CARRÿ A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB d...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor. 'His best book yet' The Times________________From planning an assassination attempt on ...

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS!'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph_____________________________FROM THE...

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Brought to you by PenguinA TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'His best book yet' The Times'Macintyre's page-turner is a dazzling portrait of a flawed yet driven individual who risked everything (including her children) for the cause' Sunday TimesDISC...

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Brought to you by Penguin. A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His best book yet' The Times 'Macintyre's page-turner is a dazzling portrait of a flawed yet driven individual who risked everything (including her children) for the...

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Brought to you by Penguin. In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors. Or so the story of Colditz has g...

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Brought to you by Penguin. In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their Nazi captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gon...

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFT! THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST 'A master at setting the puls...

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In 1943, from a windowless basement office in London, two brilliant intelligence officers conceived a plan that was both simple and complicated--Operation Mincemeat--to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack sou...

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From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Par...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SPY AMONG FRIENDSIn 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche, Friedrich’s bigoted, imperious sister, founded a “racially pure” colony in Paraguay together with a band of blonde-haired fellow Germans. Over a...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SPY AMONG FRIENDSHe is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. . . . ...

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The riveting story that inspired Kipling's classic tale and a John Huston movie follows the saga of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker and the first American ever to enter Afghanistan. Includes a revised Preface.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "master storyteller" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War's most intrepid spies. "[An] immensely ...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "entertaining [and] often-moving account" ( The Wall Street Journal ) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodied the spirit of resistance against...

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The definitive inside story of the infamous 1980 siege on the Iranian Embassy in London from the New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the Traitor. True-life espionage master Ben Macintyre takes readers on a thri...

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"Originally published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London"--Title page verso

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Unforgettable Independent Fresh and gripping Telegraph THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, in...

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Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR . . .On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park...

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From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat , now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD ''Engrossing as any thriller'' Daily Telegraph ''Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining'' John le Car...

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**Now a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONA SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this br...

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'A sprinkling of delightful nuggets about the uses and abuses of the English Language' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year'[There are] myriad delights in Ben Macintyre's musings on language' The Times, Books of the Year_____________________Do you k...

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'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph'Enthralling ... A reminder that heroism can be found in the most unlikely places' Evening Standard'I have seldom enjoyed a spy story more than this one' Ma...

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The official history of Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat'Marvellously entertaining and informative' Spectator'Thrilling' Sunday Times'An entertaining mix of history, espionage, biography, and post-war soc...

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'Startling, dark and absorbing' Independent'Excellent travel writing: vivid, sympathetic, humorous' Guardian'Fascinating, provocative and highly eccentric' New York Times_______________________In 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche, the philosopher Friedrich...

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