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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes - Geraint Jones - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes - Geraint Jones - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller''Vital testimony for those who wish to understand the stark reality of running up a beach with the Wehrmacht trying to kill you'' – The Telegraph Based on over 150 audio interviews with those who fought, this is a moving and powerful oral history that marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and battle for Normandy. Published alongside a groundbreaking BBC2 documentary series D-Day: The Unheard Tapes . D-Day was a critical turning point in the Second World War, but for the tens of thousands of young men who took part it was bloody, chaotic and terrifying. For those who survived the beaches, months of bitter fighting lay ahead, often against some of Germany''s most elite divisions.Drawing primarily on the extraordinary archives of the Imperial War Museums and National World War II Museum, this immersive book describes what it was actually like to take part in the landings on 6 June 1944 and the weeks of ferocious fighting in Normandy that followed. British, American, Canadian and German veterans, as well as French civilians, speak of experiences they could never forget.Here is the forward observer hiding alone on Omaha beach, thinking of his wife as he waits for the invasion to begin. The commando racing to the besieged airborne forces at Pegasus Bridge. The Typhoon pilot about to be executed by the SS when he is saved by a Luftwaffe officer. The teenage GI surrounded and under fire for six days. The German soldier haunted by the memory of abandoning his dying friend. Their words reach across the decades as they share their experiences with us.In D-Day The Unheard Tapes Geraint Jones, author of Brothers in Arms and a former infantry soldier, has skilfully brought the battle for Normandy to life in a vivid narrative that allows the voices of those who fought to shine through, authentic and unforgettable.Number 1 in the Sunday Times Bestseller chart, UK, as of 18/06/24.

DKK 211.00
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Bread and Circus - Airea D. Matthews - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Bread and Circus - Airea D. Matthews - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Formally ambidextrous, teethed with wit and uncompromising dignity." – Ocean Vuong Bread and Circus is a hybrid and palimpsestic memoir-in-verse: it combines poetry, photography and spectral imaging to explore the realities of economic necessity and marginal poverty through a personal lens.Examining the experience of the US urban Black community from a variety of perspectives, it draws heavily on Airea D. Matthews''s archival research on Adam Smith, the eighteenth-century Scottish economist, as well as his magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations .As the perspective shifts from watchful child, to teacher, mother, writer and citizen, Bread and Circus asks what it is to have survived, indeed to have flourished, and at what cost.

DKK 127.00
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D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

D is for Deadbeat is the fourth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. My name is Kinsey Millhone. I’m a private investigator . . . female, single and self-employed, with a constitutional inability to work for anyone else. I’m a purist when it comes to justice, but I’ll lie at the drop of a hat. Inconsistency has never troubled me . . . It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough . . . until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident – death by drowning. Kinsey wasn’t so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies . . .

DKK 119.00
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Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorWinner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel ''It''s hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence'' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret ''Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror?Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.Growing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.Unless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction. Ceremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. Ritual of Fire is the third Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin .

DKK 168.00
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Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorWinner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel ''It''s hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence'' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret ''Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror?Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.Growing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.Unless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction. Ceremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. Ritual of Fire is the third Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin .

DKK 155.00
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A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.''Full of dash and atmosphere'' - The Times Florence. Autumn, 1539.Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal court. Following a period of exile, he is back – but demoted to night patrol, when only the drunk and the dangerous roam the streets.Chasing a suspect in the rain, Aldo discovers a horrifying scene beneath Michelangelo’s statue of David. Lifeless eyes gaze from the face of a man whose body has been posed as if crucified. It’s clear the killer had religious motives.When more bodies appear, Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence. Watching. Hunting. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike again . . . A Divine Fury is the fourth Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance , The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire .

DKK 182.00
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The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Set in Renaissance Florence, The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop and is the sequel to City of Vengeance . ''He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.When a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times, the case becomes even more complicated. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the River Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city’s most feared criminal court?As Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . . Winner of the Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Award 2023

DKK 119.00
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A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. ''Full of dash and atmosphere'' - The Times ''Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Autumn, 1539.Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal court. Following a period of exile, he is back – but demoted to night patrol, when only the drunk and the dangerous roam the streets.Chasing a suspect in the rain, Aldo discovers a horrifying scene beneath Michelangelo’s statue of David. Lifeless eyes gaze from the face of a man whose body has been posed as if crucified. It’s clear the killer had religious motives.When more bodies appear, Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence. Watching. Hunting. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike again . . . A Divine Fury is the fourth Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.

DKK 117.00
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A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

A Divine Fury - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.''Full of dash and atmosphere'' - The Times ''Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Autumn, 1539.Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal court. Following a period of exile, he is back – but demoted to night patrol, when only the drunk and the dangerous roam the streets.Chasing a suspect in the rain, Aldo discovers a horrifying scene beneath Michelangelo’s statue of David. Lifeless eyes gaze from the face of a man whose body has been posed as if crucified. It’s clear the killer had religious motives.When more bodies appear, Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence. Watching. Hunting. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike again . . . A Divine Fury is the fourth Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance , The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire .

DKK 155.00
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Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Connie’s unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie’s solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate’s gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she’d thought lost to her. The explosive passion of Connie and Mellors’ relationship – and the searing candour with which it is described – marked a watershed in twentieth-century fiction, garnering Lady Chatterley’s Lover a wide and enduring readership and lasting notoriety. The text is taken from the privately published Author’s Unabridged Popular Edition of 1930, the last to be supervised in D. H. Lawrence’s lifetime. It also includes his witty essay, My Skirmish with Jolly Roger, describing the pirating of this infamous novel. This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover features an afterword by editor and publisher, Anna South.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

DKK 127.00
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City of Vengeance - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

City of Vengeance - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author City of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel in an historical thriller series by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence. '' An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence'' – Antonia Hodgson '' A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop’s spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force'' – David Baldacci Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany – or suffer the consequences.During his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro de’ Medici. If the Duke falls, it will endanger the whole city. But a rival officer of the court is determined to expose details about Aldo’s private life that could lead to his ruin. Can Aldo stop the conspiracy before anyone else dies, or will his own secrets destroy him first? '' Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place'' – Ambrose Parry , author of The Way of All Flesh Continue the historical series with The Darkest Sin .

DKK 152.00
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The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

*Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger 2023* ''Pretty much everything I want in an historical thriller - an absolutely terrific read'' – Philip Gwynne Jones ''A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story'' – Abir Mukherjee Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.His case becomes far more complicated when a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city’s most feared criminal court?As Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . . The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric locked-room thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance .

DKK 168.00
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The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Darkest Sin - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

'Pretty much everything I want in an historical thriller - an absolutely terrific read' Philip Gwynne Jones'A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story' Abir MukherjeeFlorence. Spring, 1537.When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.His case becomes far more complicated when a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city’s most feared criminal court?As Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . .The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance.

DKK 155.00
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City of Vengeance - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

City of Vengeance - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

City of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel by D. V. Bishop set in Renaissance Florence, the first in a historical thriller series which continues with The Darkest Sin, winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award 2023. ''He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany – or suffer the consequences.During his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro de’ Medici. If the Duke falls, it will endanger the whole city. But a rival officer of the court is determined to expose details about Aldo’s private life that could lead to his ruin. Can Aldo stop the conspiracy before anyone else dies, or will his own secrets destroy him first? ''A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop’s spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force'' – David Baldacci ''An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence'' – Antonia Hodgson, author of The Devil in Marshalsea ''Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place'' – Ambrose Parry, author of The Way of All Flesh

DKK 113.00
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Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorWinner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best NovelCeremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.''Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris'' – Historical Novel Society Florence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror?Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.Growing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.Unless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction . . . ''Religion and lust? Money and politics? It''s all here, combined into a murderous brew'' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret Ritual of Fire is the third Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin . The series continues with A Divine Fury .Winner of the 2023 Crime Writers'' Association Historical Dagger for The Darkest Sin .

DKK 113.00
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