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Ladataan... Hitler's Peace (2005)Tekijä: Philip Kerr
![]() - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. 373-2 Set just before and during the Tehran Conference in 1943 between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, this thriller looks at the possibility that Germany and Hitler were attempting to sue for peace and end the War, using the Conference to make their case. Willard Mayer, one time philosophy professor and analyst for the OSS, is now working directly for the President helping to unravel the complex web of deception, double-cross and treachery aiming to sabotage the Conference, destroy any hopes of an early peace or, even to use the event to assassinate the key Allied leaders. This is an excellent thriller with plenty of action, plot twists that the reader never sees coming and a very clever ending. Mayer is a wonderful character, half Rick from ‘Casablanca’ and half Charlie Allnut from ‘The African Queen’. Highly recommended. It's the second book I read from Philip Kerr and I have to say that I enjoyed it. You can start it, read til the end and it's quite difficult to find out a chapter or something which seems a bit bored. I absolutely recommend it if you like thrillers with a mixture of fiction and non-fiction ploted in World War II. Es el segundo libro que leo de Philip Kerr y tengo que decir que lo he disfrutado. Puedes empezarlo, leerlo hasta el final y es difícil encontrar un capítulo o algo que parezca un poco aburrido. Lo recomiendo absoolutamente si te gustan los thrillers con una mezcla de ficción y no ficción basados en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En otoño de 1943, Hitler y los altos mandos nazis ya saben que no pueden ganar la guerra. Ha llegado el momento de encontrar la salida menos humillante al conflicto. Para ello barajan todas las opciones posibles: desde negociar con estadounidenses y soviéticos por separado hasta asesinar a Stalin, Churchill y Roosevelt, un triple magnicidio que conmocionaría el mundo y podría forzar el armisticio. La próxima conferencia que mantendrán los tres grandes líderes en Teherán puede ser la ocasión ideal para asestar el golpe definitivo. A ese momento crucial se ve arrastrado Willard Mayer, un profesor de filosofía que, sin previo aviso, se ve reclutado por Roosevelt y se convierte en un peón más de un tablero en el que se decidirá un nuevo orden mundial. Philip Kerr urdió en 2005 esta magnífica novela de espías en torno a uno de los episodios clave de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en la que también planteó escenarios históricos alternativos. A marvellous historical thriller. A lot of this fine thriller is based on fact. Have no hesitation adding it to my To Be Read Again List. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
A gripping alternative history thriller set in the Second World War, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels. Autumn 1943. Hitler knows he cannot win the war: now he must find a way to make peace. FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate; only Churchill refuses to listen. The upcoming Allied Tehran conference will be where the next steps - whatever they are - will be decided. Into this nest of double- and triple-dealing steps Willard Mayer, OSS agent and FDR's envoy to the conference. His job is to secure the peace that the USA and Hitler now crave. The stakes couldn't be higher. Showcasing Philip Kerr's brilliant research and masterful plotting at its best, Hitler's Peace has never before been published in the UK and is a fitting coda to the career of one of the masters of the historical thriller. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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