William Boyd (21 kníh)
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William Boyd An Ice-cream War'We will all melt like ice-cream in the sun!'British soldier, East Africa, 1914. On the Western Front millions are being slaughtered. But in East Africa a ridiculous and utterly ignored campaign is being waged - one that continues after...
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William Boyd Any Human Heart ENEvery life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart’s – lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century – is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration in Paris and London, as a spy betrayed in the war and as an art-dealer in ’60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all…
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William Boyd Any Human Heart ENAny Human Heart is William's Boyd's classic, bestselling novel, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian…
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William Boyd Any Human Heart ENEvery life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. This book tells the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
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William Boyd ArmadilloOne winter morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day, by anyone's standards...
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William Boyd Každé lidské srdce CZV tomto románu jednoho z největších současných britských autorů, se ve formě fiktivního deníku spisovatele, svůdníka, špiona a vůbec šarlatána rozvíjí široké panoráma 20. století. Je to však též příběh neúprosného úpadku tradičního britského způsobu života.
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William Boyd Love is BlindThis is William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life...
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William Boyd Love is BlindLove is Blindis William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, ..
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William Boyd Restless ENIt is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian emigree living in Paris. As war breaks out, she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the war, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother.…
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William Boyd RestlessA beautiful new limited edition paperback of Restless, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list. She continued her cross-examination and watched Romer's pleasure grow; he was enjoying this, she saw, and his enjoyment began to anger her. This wasn't some pastime, some idle flirtation – her brother was dead. Eva Delectorskaya, a beautiful Russian émigrée living in Paris, is recruited for the British…
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William Boyd Sólo CZPíše se rok 1969. James Bond – britský zvláštní agent 007 – právě oslavil pětačtyřicáté narozeniny a je povolán na ústředí, kde obdrží neobvyklý úkol: má se vypravit do neklidného západoafrického státečku Zanzarim, aby zneškodnil vzbouřence, kteří ohrožují zdejší režim. Bondův příjezd do Afriky je počátkem divoké mise, při níž se agent snaží odhalit, jaké síly stojí za místní brutální občanskou válkou – a rychle si…
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William Boyd Solo ENThe stunning, retro-inspired cover for Solo, the new James Bond novel, is revealed. Combining all the glamour and excitement of Ian Fleming’s original novels with the masterful storytelling of William Boyd, Solo is a stylish, period novel featuring 007 as a veteran agent, age 45.
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William Boyd Solo ENThe stunning, retro-inspired cover for Solo, the new James Bond novel, is revealed. Combining all the glamour and excitement of Ian Fleming’s original novels with the masterful storytelling of William Boyd, Solo is a stylish, period novel featuring 007 as a veteran agent, age 45.
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William Boyd Solo: A James Bond NovelJonathan Cape: 1969. A veteran secret agent. A single mission. A licence to kill. James Bond returns. A new James Bond novel written by William Boyd.About the Author William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1952. He is the author of one work of non-fiction, three collections of short stories and fourteen novels. He has won many awards including the Whitbread First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the…
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William Boyd The Blue AfternoonA quest for secrets in the blue afternoon. Los Angeles, 1936. Kay Fischer, a young and ambitious architect, is being followed by an old man. When confronted, he explains that his name is Salvador Carriscant - and that he is her father...
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William Boyd The Dreams of Bethany MellmothA philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five
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William Boyd Věčný neklid CZŠpionážní thriller držitele dvou prestižních literárních cen Costa Award. Boyd již roky náleží mezi nejuznávanější britské autory. Román líčí příběh Ruth, která ve věku 28 let zjišťuje, že není dcerou typické anglické domácí ženušky, ale že její matka původně emigrovala z Ruska do Francie a v Anglii se za druhé světové války stala špiónkou a plnila tajné poslání v USA. V dramatickém ději se postupně odkrývá rodinná…
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William Boyd Waiting for Sunrise ENTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city's preeminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately drawn to her, unaware of how destructive the consequences of their subsequent affair will be. One year later, home…
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