Guy Walters Libros

At the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Some of them are names that have resonated deeply in twentieth-century history - Eichmann, Mengele, Martin Bormann and Klaus Barbie - not just for the monstrosity of their crimes, but also because of the shadowy nature of their post-war existence, holed up in the depths of Latin America, always one step ahead of their pursuers.The nature of their escape was as gripping as any good thriller. They were aided and abetted by corrupt Catholic priests in the Vatican, they travelled down secret 'rat lines', hid in foreboding castles high in the Austrian alps, and were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic, with vengeful Holocaust survivors, inept politicians, and daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives.Guy Walters has travelled the world in pursuit of the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war, the attempts, sometimes successful, to bring them to justice, and what really happened to those that got away. He has interviewed Nazi hunters, former members of Mossad, travelled the 'rat lines', and poured through archives across the globe to bring this remarkable period of our recent history to dramatic and vivid life.

As World War II rages a captured British officer faces a desperate dilemma in this stunning novel in the tradition of Robert Harris

February 1945. As the Allies make great gains in France, the Channel Islands remain a bastion of Nazi-occupied territory. On Jersey, Lieutenant-Colonel Max von Luck is in charge of liaising with the civilian population. He has little time for his fanatical colleagues, and has earned the respect of many of the Islanders. In his bunker in Berlin, Hitler decides to deploy the V3 - a weapon so secret that even the slave labourers constructing it deep beneath the island of Alderney do not know its exact purpose. June 1990. Workmen digging the foundations for a new hotel start to fall sick. Their illness is similar to that suffered by many islanders over the past half-century. Journalist Robert Lebonneur is suspicious. Then he finds a diary written by Lieutenant-Colonel Max von Luck during the wartime occupation. The diary makes it clear that much more is at stake than a mysterious illness. As Lebonneur investigates, he begins to run into the same dark forces that von Luck found himslf up against nearly half a century before...

In January 1944, six British officers tunnelled out of Colditz. Captain Ben Thomas and Pilot Officer Robert Beauchamp made it to safety, while Lt George Irby, was shot. In January 1994, Thomas and Beauchamp are back in Colditz for a veteran's reunion. As the men discuss the war it becomes clear that Irby may not have died.

Great Britain, 1937:Edward VIII will not abdicate. He and his new bride, Wallis Simpson, are preparing for their coronation.Winston Churchill is a prisoner on the Isle of Man.The Prime Minister, Oswald Mosley consults the new Chancellor of Germany, and his close ally, Adolf Hitler on a more 'permanent' solution to the 'Jewish problem'.The secret police have Britain in an iron grip.But one man, James Armstrong , a hero of the Great War, is organising the resistance against the government . While 'the leader' is determined to see him hang, Armstrong, constantly on the run, is every bit as clever and resolute as his enemy.

Poutavý příběh XI. letních olympijských her, které se konaly v r. 1936 v Berlíně a jejichž průběh výrazně poznamenal nastupující fašismus a celková atmosféra doby na prahu 2. světové války. Autor strhujícím způsobem oživuje méně známou epizodu nastupujícího fašismu. V roce 1936 se do Berlína sjíždějí sportovci, politici, společenská smetánka, diplomaté, novináři, vojáci, spisovatelé a umělci z celého světa, aniž by tušili, že jsou to poslední chvíle klidu, které spolu tráví na tribunách a na večírcích. Máme možnost se poprvé dozvědět, jak Hitler zneužil této olympiády ke svým záměrům, jak bylo se sportovci manipulováno, a že nejen samotní nacisté, ale i olympijští činovníci ideál olympijského hnutí zradili.