35 Results for : queux

  • Thumbnail
    Es gibt keine Wiederkehr
    Im Affekt und halb aus Versehen tötet der britische Boulevardjournalist Desmond Thane seine Geliebte - ohne freilich zu ahnen, dass sie für eine internationale Geheimorganisation tätig war. Deren Agenten und Profikiller fürchten einen politischen Anschlag auf ihre Verschwörung und ermitteln auf eigene Faust; so wird der Mörder plötzlich zum Gejagten. Mit Somerset Maugham, Eric Ambler und Graham Green zog in den 1930er-Jahren ein neuer Realismus in den britischen Spionageroman ein - ein Genre, das William Le Queux, Rudyard Kipling, Erskine Childers und insbesondere John Buchan geprägt hatten. Mair kannte die Tradition, und er gestaltete Desmond Thane bewusst als Gegenentwurf zur Konvention: als vielschichtige Identifikationsfi gur, mit der das Publikum mitfiebert; als einen philosophisch und literarisch gebildeten Mann, der dennoch eitel ist und verlogen, egozentrisch, zynisch und ein gefühlskalter Mörder. Thane ist der erste Antiheld des Genres - und John Mairs Roman immer noch, in den Worten von Martin Compart, "eines der bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der Thriller-Literatur".
    • Shop: buecher
    • Price: 18.50 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Landru, the Bluebeard of France , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 77min
    William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available. He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly exaggerated. He is widely recognized as one of the first creators of the spy story genre, in which his diplomatic background, familiarity with European high society and his interest in technology combined to create a rich tapestry for his intrigues. The true crime story of Henri Désiré Landru, master of murder and the art of making love, captivated the whole of Europe for almost two years. Landru is known to have murdered at least a dozen women for their savings and their furniture. Moreover, the uncanny fascination which he held for his victims from the moment he fixed them with his strangely compelling eyes, has never been properly explained. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000965/bk_redd_000965_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min
    William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available. He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly exaggerated. He is widely recongnized as one of the first creators of the spy story genre, in which his diplomatic background, familiarity with European high society and his interest in technology combined to create a rich tapestry for his intrigues.The Secret of the Smoked Spectaclesis a strange tale of intrigue in which a mysterious man in spectacles appears at oddly fortuitous moments to help our secret agent out of peril, and yet appears weighed down by a great and inexplicable sorrow of his own. The solution of the mystery is one of the strangest stories ever told. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000471/bk_redd_000471_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Strange Riddles: Stories of Puzzles and Intrigues , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1524min
    1. "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett 2. "The Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett 3. "The Problem of the Five Marks" by Melville Davisson Post 4. "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins 5. "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe 6. "Who Killed Charlie Winpole" by Ernest Bramah 7. "The Comedy at Fountain Cottage" by Ernest Bramah 8. "The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles" by William Le Queux 9. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan 10. "The Haunted Dolls’ House" by M. R. James 11. "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 12. "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A. J. Alan 13. "The Murder of the Mandarin" by Arnold Bennett 14. "The Murder of the Countess Goerlitz" by Sabine Baring-Gould 15. "The Story of Caspar Hauser" by Andrew Lang 16. "The Terrible Story of the Mary Russell" by J. G. Lockhart 17. "The Bundle of Letters" by Maurus Jokai 18. "The Earl, The Warder and the Wayward Heiress" by J. S. Fletcher 19. "The Face" by E. F. Benson 20. "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry 21. "The Inn of the Two Witches" by Joseph Conrad 22. "The Invisible Man" by G. K. Chesterton 23. "The Man with the Watches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 24. "The Parasite" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 25. "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad 26. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey 27. "The Nightmare Room" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 28. "The Enemy" by Hugh Walpole 29. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey 30. "The Perfect Crime" by Seamark 31. "The Tea-Leaf" by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace 32. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey 33. "Mad Monkton" by Wilkie Collins ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000592/bk_redd_000592_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Delphi Collected Works of William Le Queux (Illustrated)
    Delphi Collected Works of William Le Queux (Illustrated): ab 2.99 €
    • Shop: ebook.de
    • Price: 2.99 EUR excl. shipping

Similar searches: