Brian Garfield Libros

Esta novela, inspirada en hechos reales, narra la extraordinaria historia de un hombre que hoy anda por la cincuentena y que desde los quince años fue un agente secreto al servicio de Churchill. En 1940 el famoso político inglés encomendó algunas misiones secretas a un muchacho al que había conocido casualmente. Poco a poco, lo que había comenzado como una divertida aventura juvenil se convirtió en una peligrosa carrera de espía en la que abundaron los crímenes, asesinatos, persecuciones y torturas. El joven, que utilizaba el nombre de Christopher Robin, recibía órdenes del propio Churchill y del jefe del servicio de espionaje británico, y las ejecutaba con gran imaginación y valor en una época particularmente crítica de la historia de Inglaterra, los años de la segunda guerra mundial. Así, su intervención fue decisiva en la retirada de las tropas de Dunkerque, en la entrada de los norteamericanos en la guerra y en otros importantes acontecimientos de este período. El hecho de estar basado en una historia verídica añade realismo y suspense a este magnífico relato de intriga.

An aged Western showman reflects over his long and colorful career Few bother to separate the myth of Colonel Hugh Cardiff from his real life. The nation knows him as a sharpshooter, buffalo hunter, moving pictures pioneer, and one-time proprietor of the greatest Wild West show the nation has ever seen. Some of the stories are true, some exaggerated, and some rank among the wildest of tall tales. But for a man who has lived like Colonel Cardiff, the facts trump the myth. In the spring of 1868, Denver is the richest, wildest city west of the Mississippi. When an overweight Easterner named Dr. Bogardus rolls into town to announce a shooting contest with a $1,000 prize, ears prick up. Young Hugh wins the shoot with an ancient muzzle-loading rifle, knocking glass balls out of the air and missing only four out of one hundred targets. He is famous at nineteen, and the Colonel's wild life is just getting started.

"You try to walk in this town, you hear footsteps behind you—it's like the sound of grenades. A walk in Chicago after dark is a combat mission." This is the story of Paul Benjamin, a man obsessed with revenge and private justice. Revenge against the criminals—the muggers, the murderers, and the rapists who prey on the innocent and the helpless. Death Sentence is the continuing saga of the hero of Death Wish, an ordinary man driven to vigilantism by the brutal rape and murder of his wife and daughter. When Paul moves to Chicago to get away from his past, he knows he is going to continue his violent and private war. He also knows this time he might get caught. What he does not expect is to fall in love with a beautiful woman who is more dangerous to him than the men he stalks. "Edge-of-the-chair reading all the way....Wholly fascinating." —The Booklist "Garfield is a first-rate storyteller." —Publishers Weekly

Successful New York accountant Paul Benjamin is enjoying a three-martini lunch when a gang of drug addicts breaks into his home. After finding very little in the way of money, they brutally attack Paul's family, killing his wife and leaving his daughter comatose. Grief-stricken and aware that the police are unable to bring the criminals to justice, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Armed with a revolver and a self-destructive compulsion, he sets out to rid the city of its villains and exact revenge on those who destroyed his life. First published in 1972 and later adapted into five films starring the late Charles Bronson, Death Wish is an unflinching, powerful thriller about just how far a man can be pushed before he loses control.

On the hunt for long-lost gold, a historian attracts murderous attention Twenty-five million people died during the Russian Civil War. It was a clash between Tsarist loyalists and the new Soviet order, and when the imperialist forces saw defeat in sight, their thoughts turned to their future. Under the command of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, they loaded the entire Tsarist treasury onto a train, packing millions of worthless banknotes alongside platinum, jewels, and over five hundred tons of gold bullion. As Kolchak retreated, the train disappeared, and the fortune vanished. America's foremost historian of Russia, Harry Bristow, is researching a new biography of Kolchak when an ancient veteran of the Russian Civil War gives him a clue to the gold's whereabouts. Bristow would like to find the treasure for the sake of historical research, but where gold goes, greed follows--and death is not far behind.

Tall, handsome, charming Col. Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) was an acclaimed British war hero, a secret agent, and a dean of international ornithology. His exploits inspired three biographies, movies have been based on his life, and a square in Jerusalem is dedicated to his memory.

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Verdict : huit ans de prison. Huit ans de haine pour élaborer une vengeance. Car Frank Pastor sait qu'il retrouvera Mathieson, le témoin clé de son procès, où qu'il se cache, et qu'il l'abattra comme un chien... Huit ans plus tard, une gigantesque chasse à l'homme se déclenche contre Mathieson et sa famille. Lorsque le F.B.I. lui retire sa protection, Mathieson décide de contre-attaquer. Seul. Son arme la psychologie...