Роман Джона Бекона «39 ступенек» — один из первых романов в стиле триллера, по которому сделан одноименный фильм знаменитым А....
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В сборник включены детективные романы «Тридцать девять ступенек» шотландского писателя Джона Бёкана (1875–1940) и «Маска Димитриоса»...
Д. Бакен. Запретный лес. Пер. с англ., послесл. и прим. Е. Янко. – Б.м.: Salamandra P.V.V., 2015. – 337 с. – (Polaris: Путешествия, приключения, фантастика. Вып....
He has been feeling bored with London life - until he discovers a dead man in his flat, skewered to the floor with a knife through his heart. Only a few days before, the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring the country...
WWI spy Richard Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople.
Once there, he and his friends...
Ім’я Джона Бакена (1875–1940) практично невідомо українському читачеві, хоча він був не тільки першокласним письменником, одним з...
For those who like good, clean spy-type fun, this is a SUPERLATIVE work. Part three in the adventures of Richard Hannay (which started with Buchan's well-known "Thirty-nine Steps"), this is a first-rate thriller set on the eve of World War I,...
This early (1924) spy adventure is one of five Buchan novels featuring the heroic Richard Hannay. Hannay is called out of retirement to rescue the kidnapped offspring of three highly placed British citizens. Hannay soon uncovers a global...
Richard Hannay no lograba cogerle el pulso a la metrópolis; a su vuelta de una larga estancia en las colonias, Londres le aburría mortalmente. Quizá por eso prestó atención al extraño individuo que le abordó en las...
Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories.
In his remote store David finds...