Sheba
by Jack Higgins
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On the eve of the Second World War, as German armies gather to invade Poland, Hitler has hit upon a master plan to distract the British while the blitzkrieg takes place. A German archeologist from Dahrein, Otto Muller, who has just made a sensational discovery, is summoned to Berlin. In Dahrein, the Spanish-held port on the gulf, Gavin Kane, an American trader, and Ruth Cunningham embark on a search to find Ruth's husband, an archeologist who has disappeared in the desert while on a quest to show more find the long-lost temple of Sheba. With little to go on but the ancient testament of a Greek adventurer, Alexias, the only survivor of a Roman expedition of 24 BC, Kane and Cunningham venture into the inhospitable Empty Quarter, the Rubh al Khali, a region of outlaws, treachery and death. Calling on all their reserves of cunning and ingenuity to survive the deserts and its denizens, they are drawn inexorably onwards by the overwhelming allure of Sheba. When they finally reach their destination, they stumble upon a conspiracy that could have devastating consequences for the world. Inspired by one of his early novels, now long out of print, Sheba has all the hallmarks of a vintage Higgins thriller. show lessTags
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Not my favourite Higgins offering by a long shot. I actually struggled to get to the end.
The plot is straight forward enough. Set just before WW2 Hitler has a proposition to disrupt allied interference with his invasion of Poland. Using the tomb of the legendary queen of Sheba as a base he hatches a deadly plan.
However, Kane (an exforces, misunderstood type) is hired to track down a missing exporer. Soon he has to pit his wits against a variety of enemys and the desert heat.
A fairly lively tale, but for some reason I just couldn't get it to hold my attention. Try many of Higgins other great works before this one. Probably for die hard fans only.
The plot is straight forward enough. Set just before WW2 Hitler has a proposition to disrupt allied interference with his invasion of Poland. Using the tomb of the legendary queen of Sheba as a base he hatches a deadly plan.
However, Kane (an exforces, misunderstood type) is hired to track down a missing exporer. Soon he has to pit his wits against a variety of enemys and the desert heat.
A fairly lively tale, but for some reason I just couldn't get it to hold my attention. Try many of Higgins other great works before this one. Probably for die hard fans only.
Felt like just another Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I don't know what the chronology is, but it's a "type" that to me has been done many times, and sometimes better.
I don't know what the chronology is, but it's a "type" that to me has been done many times, and sometimes better.
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Jack Higgins is a writer and educator, born in Newcastle, England on July 17, 1929. The name is the pseudonym of Harry Patterson. He also wrote under the names of Martin Fallon, James Graham, and Hugh Marlowe during his early writing career. He attended Leeds Training College and eventually graduated from the University of London in 1962 with a show more B.S. degree in Sociology. Higgins held a series of jobs, including a stint as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal House of Guards serving on the German border during the Cold War. He taught at Leeds College of Commerce and James Graham College. He has written more than 60 books including The Eagle Has Landed, Touch the Devil, Confessional, The Eagle Has Flown, and Eye of the Storm. Higgins is also the author of the Sean Dillon series. His novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. His title's The Death Trade and Rain on the Dead made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Sheba
- Original title
- Sheba
- Alternate titles
- Seven Pillars to Hell
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Gavin Kane; Marie Perret
- Important places
- Rub' al Khali
- Important events
- World War II
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- As rain drifted across Berlin in a great curtain on the final evening of March a black Mercedes limousine moved along Wilhelmstrasse towards the new Reich Chancellery which had only opened in January.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He held her hand very tightly and they turned and swam slowly together through the warm night towards the beach.
- Disambiguation notice
- Seven Pillars To Hell = Sheba
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- 9 — English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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