Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ... [... more]
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Blood of Victory: A Novel
 From Amazon.com: I.A. Serebin, an émigré writer who heads the International Russian Union and edits its literary magazine, is no stranger to war: "Two gangsters, one neighborhood, they fight," he comments at a dinner party on a [... more]
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Last Supper
Spellbinding EspionageThriller+Superb Writing Skills=5 Stars: "The Last Supper" is one of the best espionage thrillers I have ever read, definitely putting Charles McCarry in the same literary league with John LeCarre, Alan Furst, Eric Ambler [... more]
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A Night to Remember (Criterion Widescreen Edition)
From Amazon.com: Two years after Twentieth Century Fox released its melodramatic disaster film Titanic in 1953, Walter Lord's meticulously researched book A Night to Remember surprised its publishers by becoming a phenomenal bestseller. Lord had an [... more]
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Cause for Alarm
Author: Eric Ambler Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780891904663 ISBN: 0891904662 Number Of Pages: 246 Publication Date: 1985-02 [... more]
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Epitaph for a Spy
The Amateur Counter-Spy and His Bungles!: To read or not to read the great spy novels of Eric Ambler? That is the question most people ignore because they are not familiar with Mr. Ambler and his particularly talent. Mr. Ambler has always had this [... more]
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A Coffin for Dimitrios
Okay: I'm a big fan of the novels by Alan Furst, and he is often compared to Eric Ambler. I purchased A Coffin for Dimitrios because Furst himself recommends it. Sorry. The novels of Furst are far better. By comparison, Ambler's prose lacks color and [... more]
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The Schirmer Inheritance
Realistic and best Ambler: As one with guerrilla warfare experience,this story rings a bell. The descriptions of professionals and others in the disintegrating Greek Communist Vafiades-led ELAS Guerrillas of the late 1940s is striking. The plot twists [... more]
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State of Siege
Very good novel of suspense and intrigue.: Eric Ambler may not have invented the novel of suspense and intrigue but he certainly perfected it. Ambler's novels are analogous to Hitchcock's movies in that they present a sustained atmosphere of suspense, [... more]
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Passage of Arms
An outstanding human drama.: A humble but enterprising Indian clerk with the dream of owning a bus company accidentally finds out about an abandoned terrorist weapons cache. He carefully and painstakingly sets up their sale through a businessman in [... more]
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The Light of Day
The Light of Day - Possibly Best Novel by Eric Ambler: The Light of Day is an exceptionally good story that involves a rather unusual protagonist for a suspenseful thriller, a petty crook named Arthur Abdel Simpson. The setting is Athens and Instanbul in [... more]
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Topkapi
Author: Eric Ambler Binding: Mass Market Paperback EAN: 9782020324472 ISBN: 2020324474 Publication Date: 1997-10-01 Release Date: 1997-10-01 [... more]
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