River of Death
By (Author) Alistair MacLean
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
13th August 2021
18th March 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
823.914
Paperback
208
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
150g
The classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
THE LOST CITY
Hamilton knows the way to the ruins deep in the Brazilian jungle and the secret they hold.
The millionaire who calls himself Smith seeks the lost city to avenge a wrong from his hidden past.
Their journey down the River of Death is an epic of violence and danger. But the secret that awaits them in the lost city is more dangerous still as a legacy of theft, treachery and murder stretching back to war-torn Europe comes to a deadly climax beneath the ancient walls.
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The most successful British novelist of his time Jack Higgins
Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognised as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.