Frederick Forsyth
1) Avenger
Soon to be a Peacock series adaptation starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne
One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired to assassinate General Charles de Gaulle.
France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the general that failed. This novel
...In a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, lies CrystalMountain. At certain times of the day the mountainemits a strange glow. Only mining magnate Sir James Manson, a shadowy titan of London's financial district, knowswhy. The mountain contains ten billion dollars'worth of the world's most valuable mineral,platinum, just waiting to be exploited. Now the only question is how to gethold of it. Sir James knows how. Unleash the dogs
...The Phantom of the Opera has been the subject of many adaptations. One of them is of course, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's spectacular stage production. Old friends Frederick Forsyth and Andrew Lloyd Webber discussed how the Phantom's story might continue: what happened to the Phantom and Christine? It is 1906. Erik, the creature with the hideous face but poetic heart, has escaped to America, to a life that begins in misery, but in time makes him
...8) The cobra
9) The fox
10) The Odessa File
Frederick Forsyth's spellbinding novels are the natural outgrowth of an adventuresome career in international investigative journalism. Written in Austria and Germany during the fall of 1971, The Odessa File is based on its author's life experiences as a Reuters man reporting from London, Paris, and East Berlin in the early 1960s.
The "Odessa" of this title is an acronym for the secret organization which has protected the identities and advanced
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