Topaz
by Leon Uris
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On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis, American and French intelligence agents are plunged into a maze of Cold War intrigue In Paris, 1962, French intelligence chief André Devereaux and NATO intelligence chief Michael Nordstrom have uncovered Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms to Cuba. But when Devereaux reports his findings and nobody acts--and he is targeted in an assassination attempt--he soon realizes he's tangled in a plot far greater than he first understood. The two agents, along show more with a small band of Cuban exiles and Soviet defectors, chase leads around the globe in a quest to save NATO, themselves, and perhaps the world itself. Topaz is a fast-paced but deeply informed thriller. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate. show lessTags
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Another great iris book - his history books are well researched and written. I didn't realise there was so much intrigue behind the Cuban missile crisis...
Don't recall reading. Inspired by a real French agent, with whom Uris developed a friendship, and spy scandal (Martel Affair). Here's what I wrote after reading in 1983: "Extremely interesting tale of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Just what aws going on in France with the Soviet Union?"
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Ambientada en la época de la guerra fría, la novela comienza con la deserción de un alto cargo del KGB de la Unión Soviética que solicita asilo norteamericano a Michael Nordstrom, un agente de la CIA, a cambio de proporcionar información a EE.UU. Este desertor ama a Rusia y su traición no es debida a deslealtad por su parte sino a que su vida y la de su familia estaban amenazadas. Por este motivo les da a los americanos la información que les ha prometido con cuentagotas y muchas reticencias, hasta el punto de que éstos, al vislumbrar que se trata de algo importante, se ven obligados a investigar sobre lo poco que les dice para intentar desvelar el misterio.
Feb 8, 2019Spanish
Uma narrativa de suspense rigorosamente baseada em fatos reais!
Um romance de espionagem do mesmo autor de Exodus.
Em sua versão para o cinema, Topázio é um dos pontos altos da filmografia de Alfred Hitchcock.
1962 - A crise dos mísseis em Cuba. Espiões russos infiltrados entre os ministros do general De Gaulle. Agentes secretos norte-americanos e franceses tentando provar a instalção de mísseis na pequena ilha do Caribe pelo governo da URSS. Homens fortes e mulheres apaixonadas lutam desesperadamente para selar o destino nas nações.
Um romance de espionagem do mesmo autor de Exodus.
Em sua versão para o cinema, Topázio é um dos pontos altos da filmografia de Alfred Hitchcock.
1962 - A crise dos mísseis em Cuba. Espiões russos infiltrados entre os ministros do general De Gaulle. Agentes secretos norte-americanos e franceses tentando provar a instalção de mísseis na pequena ilha do Caribe pelo governo da URSS. Homens fortes e mulheres apaixonadas lutam desesperadamente para selar o destino nas nações.
Sep 18, 2009Portuguese (Brazil)
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Writer Leon Uris was born in Baltimore on August 3, 1924. He dropped out of school to join the Marines during World War II, but later returned to attend Baltimore City College. His first novel, Battle Cry (1953), was based on his time as a marine. He followed it with a series of New York Times bestsellers, including The Angry Hills, Exodus, Topaz, show more and Trinity. QB VII was adapted into a TV mini-series starring Ben Gazzara and Anthony Hopkins. Uris has also written non-fiction (including Ireland: A Terrible Beauty and Jerusalem: Song of Songs) and screenplays (Battle Cry and Gunfight at the O. K. Corral). He has won the John F. Kennedy Memorial Award from the Irish-American Society and the Scopus Award from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Topas
- Original title
- Topaz
- Original publication date
- 1967
- Important places
- Cuba
- Important events
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Related movies
- Topaz (1969 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- Dir boek is opgedragen aan mijn vriend Herbert B, Schlosberg
This book is dedicated
to my friend
Herbert B. Schlosberg - First words
- The day was balmy
(PROLOGUE) SUMMER, 1962
Marsh McKittrick's Buick was passed through the gates of the vast Government complex outside Langley. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"The Louvre."
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.54
- Canonical LCC
- PS3541.R46
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3541 .R46 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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- 11 — Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 53
- ASINs
- 46
