The Final Act - Couverture souple

Watson, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 075152557X ISBN 13 : 9780751525571

Editeur : Sphere, 2000

Synopsis

In April 1945, as allied bombs reduced Hamburg to rubble, Otto Heine is press-ganged into the German navy & finds himself aboard the battleship Hindenberg, under orders to sail to America in one of the Reich's last attempts to reclaim the upper hand in the war. Captain Erich Bach & most of his crew believe their mission is to shell Washington but another officer & Otto know that many of the shells on board are dummies full of gold. When Hitler commits suicide there is mutiny & Otto thinks he can beach the ship in Greenland & escape with the treasure. But the elements, lack of seamanship & shortage of fuel means only he gets away with his life, leaving the ship & its secrets in the ice. Now, 55 years later, an entrepreneur is determined to free the great battleship & turn it into a floating theme park. This news spurs Otto into action, believing he can at last lay hands on the gold, & it brings out the German government's lawyers who believe the ship is rightly theirs. Unknown to anyone else it also propels another player into the frame: Erich Bach's grandson, who is determined to fulfil his grandfather's last orders - to shell Washington.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Watson started his career in advertising as a messenger boy and has recently sold his GBP100 million turnover company to an American corporation. He lives in Sussex with his wife and young daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sphere
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 075152557X
• ISBN 13: 9780751525571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible