Plus d’un million de livres à portée de main !
Bookbot

Geoffrey Household

    30 novembre 1900 – 4 octobre 1988

    Cet auteur britannique est réputé pour ses thrillers captivants, souvent narrés à la première personne par un gentleman aventurier, adoptant un style narratif influencé par John Buchan. Ses récits rythmés explorent avec maestria les thèmes du chasseur et de la proie, plongeant dans les transformations psychologiques lorsque les protagonistes deviennent gibier. Bien qu'il ait été salué pour ses thrillers palpitants qui ont anticipé de futurs best-sellers internationaux, il considérait ses recueils de nouvelles comme son œuvre la plus aboutie.

    Geoffrey Household
    Rogue Male
    A Rough Shoot
    A Time to Kill
    Watcher in the Shadows
    Fellow Passenger
    The Exploits of Xenophon
    • The Exploits of Xenophon

      • 150pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,5(2)Évaluer

      Set over 2,400 years ago, this thrilling account details the experiences of Xenophon, a Greek noble, during a perilous campaign against the Persians. Through his firsthand narrative, readers are immersed in the challenges he faced, the hardships endured, and the vivid observations made throughout the journey. The Anabasis not only recounts a significant historical event but also reflects on themes of leadership, survival, and the human spirit in the face of adversity.

      The Exploits of Xenophon
    • Fellow Passenger

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,0(1)Évaluer

      A brilliant story of espionage and disguise from the original master of spy fiction.

      Fellow Passenger
    • Watcher in the Shadows

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,8(5)Évaluer

      A deadly pursuit through the English countryside from the acclaimed author of ROGUE MALE.

      Watcher in the Shadows
    • A Time to Kill

      • 176pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      3,5(7)Évaluer

      A classic British spy novel from the celebrated author of ROGUE MALE.

      A Time to Kill
    • A Rough Shoot

      • 160pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      3,5(11)Évaluer

      A classic thriller set in Dorset after the Second World War, full of Household's signature action and suspense.

      A Rough Shoot
    • Rogue Male is one of the classic thrillers of the 20th century. An Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. But he is foiled at the last moment and falls into the hands of ruthless and inventive torturers. They devise for him an ingenious and diplomatic death but, for once, they bungle the job and he escapes. But England provides no safety from his pursuers - and the Rogue Male must strip away all the trappings of status and civilization as the hunter becomes a hunted animal.

      Rogue Male
    • One of the classic thrillers of the 20th century - 'Simply the best escape and pursuit story yet written' [THE TIMES] - with a brand new Introduction by Robert Macfarlane An Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. But he is foiled at the last moment and falls into the hands of ruthless and inventive torturers. They devise for him an ingenious and diplomatic death but, for once, they bungle the job and he escapes. But England provides no safety from his pursuers - and the Rogue Male must strip away all the trappings of status and civilization as the hunter becomes a hunted animal.

      Rogue Male. Einzelgänger männlich, englische Ausgabe
    • Hostage: London

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      2,9(6)Évaluer

      A superbly tense classic thriller from the bestselling author of ROGUE MALE.

      Hostage: London
    • How to be Happy Though Married

      • 144pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      3,0(10)Évaluer

      The bounteous pleasures of married life have been endured by stoical, ingenious men and women for millennia. This title presents a compendium of their hard-won wisdom, offering advice for any conceivable conjugal conundrum, from the potential of a wife to wander to the avoidance of a drunk husband's amorous advances.

      How to be Happy Though Married
    • Rogue Justice

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      3,5(146)Évaluer

      His first attempt to assassinate Hitler having failed, the anonymous hero of "Rogue Male" decides to try again and travels, in secret, from Sweden, to Poland, to Turkey, to Africa, in his own lonely war on the Third Reich

      Rogue Justice