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One of the great chase stories- Nazi agents will stop at nothing to kill a British weapons expert on his long, fraught journey home from Istanbul It is 1940 and...

A high-octane story from the great Eric Ambler of a journalist on the run in the south of France Lucia Bernardi was last seen driving a car at top speed...

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * The classic story of an ordinary man seemingly out of his depth, this is Ambler's...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA masterwork of Cold War espionage fiction, A Kind of Anger chronicles the story of Piet Maas,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, toning and wear to edges and spine. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: markings and stained rear endpaper...

'The greatest spy novelist of all time' - San Francisco Chronicle Kenton's career as a journalist depends on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics and his quick...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Ability to Kill is a compelling non-fiction anthology by Eric Ambler,...

Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad. Frances Bloom lives all alone in a cottage by the sea. She's having...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible. A gripping Cold War thriller, The Care...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodWhat happens when one of the twentieth century's master storytellers turns his razor-sharp mind from fiction to...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor damage to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings noted. Binding condition: Intact hardcover binding....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — edges frayed and creasing visible, particularly at the top corners and spine; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed...

Author: Eric Ambler; introduction by Alfred HitchcockBinding: HardbackPublished: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, "Intrigue," presents four...

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Secondhand Modern Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4002 The 1970s paperback shelf of a reader with taste: Kingsley Amis, Paul Scott, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Muriel Spark, J.P. Donleavy, Tom Sharpe,...

Born in 1902 in Seattle, Washington, Frances Lovell Oldham left her hometown in her early twenties to pursue a journalism career in Europe. At a time when women rarely found...

Author: Sir Denis BroganBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Spine and cover is scratched and...

What does it mean to be French? Is it pausing to enjoy a glass of good wine or a spread of cheese? A flaneur down laneways steeped in history? Knowing...

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Late in 1664, the musketeer DArtagnan rode beside a carriage as it left Paris, carrying his friend Nicolas Fouquet to life imprisonment in a cell next door to the Man...

Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit across France. Following Spain: The Monocle Handbook is the third title in premium series of country-focused guides. France: The Monocle...

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Many think of Muslims in Europe as a twentieth century phenomenon, but this book brings to life a lost community of Arabs who lived through war, revolution, and empire in...

A renowned airpower expert assesses the air campaign f ought in France in 1940, explaining why the Luftwaffe was so effective against the French and British. The battle for France...