The Corsican

Author : William Heffernan
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480417378
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican written by William Heffernan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling saga of crime and international intrigue that lifted the gangster novel to astonishing new heights Dragged from the dank, rat-infested prison cell where he has spent the past few months, Buonaparte Sartene is given a choice: Join the French Resistance or rot in jail for the next seven years. The adopted son of a Corsican Mafia family, Sartene is a thief with a capacity for violence and a knack for subterfuge—valuable tools in the fight against the Nazis. But it is his other great gift—the ability to strike a deal—that changes Sartene’s fortunes for good and propels this blistering, expansive thriller from the frozen forests of occupied France to the steamy jungles of Southeast Asia. In exchange for risking his life against the Germans, Sartene demands not just a pardon, but also the right to settle his family in the French colony of his choice when the war is over. Laos in the late 1940s is a land of delirious opportunity, offering a clean slate even to a man with a past as shadowy as the Corsican’s. It is not long, however, before another government requires his special skills. In league with the OSS, Sartene and his son, Jean, and lieutenants, Auguste and Benito, take control of the Laotian opium trade and force the Communists out. But the price of power is dear, and when a betrayal from within his own organization threatens the one thing that Sartene values more than money and power—his family—he retreats from the drug business. A decade later, it is up to his grandson Pierre, a US intelligence agent stationed in Saigon in the early days of the Vietnam War, to track down the man who murdered his father and double crossed his grandfather—and to enact a terrible and righteous revenge. With its sweeping scope and nonstop action, The Corsican is a thriller as global as crime and as relentless as a vendetta.

Author : Robert Ramsay
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719008931
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Time-bomb written by Robert Ramsay and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican written by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Mayle
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307962873
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Caper written by Peter Mayle and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is Peter Mayle at his effervescent best—his master sleuth, Sam Levitt, eating, drinking, and romancing his way through the South of France even as he investigates a case of deadly intrigue among the Riviera’s jet set. Billionaire Francis Reboul is taking in the view at his coastal estate, awaiting the arrival of vacationing friends Sam Levitt and Elena Morales, when he spies a massive yacht whose passengers seem a little too interested in his property. The yacht belongs to rapacious Russian tycoon Oleg Vronsky, who, for his own purposes, will stop at nothing to obtain Reboul’s villa. When Reboul refuses to sell, Vronsky’s methods quickly turn unsavory. Now it’s up to Sam—he’s saved Reboul’s neck before—to negotiate with an underworld of mercenaries and hit men, not to mention the Corsican mafia, to prevent his friend from becoming a victim of Vronsky’s “Russian diplomacy.” The dire situation doesn’t stop Sam and Elena from attending glamorous fêtes where the wines and starlets alike sparkle, and enjoying sumptuous meals—from multicourse revelations to understated delights like the first asparagus of the season, on which one must make a wish. But as Sam’s sleuthing draws him closer to the truth of Vronsky’s schemes, he realizes Reboul might not be the only one unable to enjoy the good life for long. Brimming with entertaining twists, sparkling scenery, and mouthwatering gustatory interludes as only Peter Mayle can write them, The Corsican Caper is a one-way ticket to pleasure, Provençal style. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Brothers written by Alexandre Dumas and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corsican Brothers tells the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's pains. The story starts in March 1841, when the narrator travels to Corsica and stays at the home of the widow Savilia de Franchi who lives near Olmeto and Sullacaro. She is a mother of a former conjoined twin, Louis and Lucien. Louis is a lawyer in Paris, while Lucien clings on to his Corsican roots and thus stays at his mother's home. The narrator learns that the brothers were once conjoined, but separated at birth by a doctor with his scalpel. Despite being separated Louis and Lucien can still feel each other's emotions, even at distance. Lucien explains he has a mission to undertake, with reluctance. He has to mediate in a vendetta between the Orlandi and Colona families and invites the narrator to accompany him and meet the head of the Orlandi family. Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

Author : William Heffernan
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453235043
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corsican Honor written by William Heffernan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electrifying follow-up to The Corsican Cold War Marseille is a city of shadowy alliances and loose morals, where a good man can lose sight of which side he is really on and evil men profit from the misery and confusion of others. It is therefore the perfect town for Ernst Ludwig, an East German terrorist who is sadistic beyond measure. But when Ludwig kidnaps and murders the wife of Alex Moran, the US intelligence agent hot on his trail, he sets off a blood feud whose violent shock waves will span decades and reach all the way across the globe. To avenge his wife’s death, Moran turns to his “uncles” in the Corsican Mafia, Antoine and Meme Pisani. The Pisanis have been in league with US intelligence since the 1940s, when Moran’s father, a CIA agent, sought their help in suppressing Communist agitators. But the height of the Cold War is a more complicated era, and Moran is forced to resign when his personal alliance with the underworld threatens to shed light on murky dealings between the US government and the mob—dealings that are way above his pay grade. Ten years later, he is called back into action when Ludwig resurfaces as the chief henchman of a Colombian drug lord bent on bringing the Pisani brothers to their knees. Given another chance at revenge, Moran will stop at nothing to bring the German’s reign of terror to a grisly end. William Heffernan’s return to the bestselling world of Corsican crime and international espionage is a thriller so propulsive it grabs you by the throat on the very first page and never lets go.

Author : Charles Felton Pidgin
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Lovers written by Charles Felton Pidgin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Corsican Lovers" by Charles Felton Pidgin. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Charles Felton Pidgin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Lovers written by Charles Felton Pidgin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
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Download or read book Romances: The she-wolves of Machecoul, and The Corsican brothers written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry James Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican “Bothers”; Or, the Troublesome Twins. An Original Burlesque Extravaganza. Founded on a Famous Romantic Drama [i.e. “The Corsican Brothers” by E. P. Basté and Count X. A. de Montépin]. written by Henry James Byron and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: