Gold

Brian Freemantle

2011年8月 · Open Road Media

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DIVA Saudi prince’s grab for wealth plunges the world’s superpowers into chaos/divDIV/divDIVAs the first in line for the Saudi throne, Prince Tefwik Hassan cannot afford public embarrassment. So when he loses his fortune in a failed scheme to corner the world’s reserves of silver, Hassan is left scrambling. To recoup his millions, he devises an intricate plan that spans the globe and involves players from the upper echelons of both American and Soviet power: Hassan begins buying gold./divDIV /divDIVThe plan requires incredible international coordination, from the wood-paneled halls of London banks, to the arid fields of South Africa, to the frigid wastes of the Soviet Union. Every greedy man in the world wants a piece of Prince Hassan’s plot, and when such dangerous men turn on each other, pandemonium ensues./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

作者简介

DIVBrian Freemantle (b. 1936) is one of Britain’s most acclaimed authors of spy fiction. His novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Born in Southampton, Freemantle entered his career as a journalist, and began writing espionage thrillers in the late 1960s. Charlie M (1977) introduced the world to Charlie Muffin and won Freemantle an international following. He would go on to publish fourteen titles in the series./divDIV /divFreemantle has written dozens of other novels, including two about Sebastian Holmes, an illegitimate son of Sherlock Holmes, and the Cowley and Danilov series, pairing an American FBI agent with a Russian militia detective battling organized crime in the post–Cold War world. Freemantle lives and works in London, England.