Robert J. Harris

Llegará un día en que Leonardo da Vinci se convierta en el genial artista, científico e inventor que pasará a la posteridad tal y como hoy lo conocemos. Pero eso sólo será posible si su curiosidad no le cuesta antes la vidaCorre el año 1466 y Florencia es la ciudad europea mas fascinante: centro artistico, cientifico, financiero aunque tambien esconde una intriga mortal. Con catorce años de edad, Leonardo da Vinci es nuevo en la ciudad y se esta formando como artista, pero el trabajo que realiza en el taller de su maestro empieza a aburrirle. Sin embargo, pronto se le presenta la ocasion de saltar a la fama y hacerse rico al dar casualmente con los planos de una misteriosa maquina pensada para destruir a los regentes de Florencia, la poderosa familia Medici. Cuando se dispone a denunciar la conspiracion, es acusado de ser el autor de un sangriento crimen y se ve obligado a huir al campo junto con la joven esclava Fresina. Hasta alli les sigue un despiadado asesino a quien nada detendra en su afan de evitar que los muchachos hablen.Para salvar su vida, la de Fresina y la de su nuevo amigo, Lorenzo de Medici, Leonardo regresa a Florencia con la intencion de resolver el misterio que envuelve a la mortifera maquina antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Mientras multitudes armadas inundan las calles y ejercitos extranjeros se aproximan, Leonardo debera franquear el bastion enemigo. Alli se enfrentara al mayor de los terrores y descubrira el extraordinario destino que le aguarda

June 1940. As German troops pour across France, the veteran soldier and adventurer Richard Hannay is called back into service. In Paris an individual code named Roland has disappeared and is assumed to be in the hands of Nazi agents. Only he knows the secret of the Thirty-One Kings, a secret upon which the whole future of Europe depends. Hannay is dispatched to Paris to find Roland before the Germans overrun the city. On a hazardous journey across the battlefields of France Hannay is joined by old friends and new allies as he confronts a ruthless foe who will stop at nothing to destroy him. The lights are going out across Paris and time is running out for the world as both sides battle for the secret of the Thirty-One Kings.

In 1920s Scotland a foreign dignitary on a secret visit has been abducted by men who plan to murder him. Veteran adventurer Richard Hannay must recruit three of his oldest friends to prevent a catastrophe that could plunge Europe into another war. It is a mission none of them ever expected to undertake, for the man they must rescue was once their sworn enemy the Kaiser. As he and his allies pursue a desperate chase through the Highlands, Hannay discovers that he has stumbled upon an international conspiracy, one that shockingly involves a member of the British royal family. In Castle Macnab Robert J. Harris, bestselling author of The Thirty-One Kings, has created a new adventure for Richard Hannay and a sequel to John Buchans classic novel John Macnab.

In 1920s Scotland a foreign dignitary on a secret visit has been abducted by men who plan to murder him. Veteran adventurer Richard Hannay must recruit three of his oldest friends to prevent a catastrophe that could plunge Europe into another war. It is a mission none of them ever expected to undertake, for the man they must rescue was once their sworn enemy - the Kaiser. As he and his allies pursue a desperate chase through the Highlands, Hannay discovers that he has stumbled upon an international conspiracy, one that shockingly involves a member of the British royal family. In Castle Macnab Robert J. Harris, bestselling author of The Thirty-One Kings, has created a new adventure for Richard Hannay and a sequel to John Buchan's classic novel John Macnab.

Mientras las bombas alemanas caen sobre Londres, la policía descubre que, además de los nazis, un nuevo terror se adueña de las calles de la capital. Hay un asesino en serie que está replicando con minuciosidad los violentos asesinatos que Jack el Destripador cometio en 1888. Ante la atrocidad de los crimenes y la falta de efectivos a casusa de la guerra, en Scotland Yard se ven obligados a recurrir al detective mas famoso del mundo: Sherlock Holmes. Solo el, con la ayuda de su inestimable Watson, es capaz de evitar que el imitador del Destripador consiga completar su sangrienta serie.

Richard Hannay Returns. JULY, 1942. Once again veteran adventurer Richard Hannay is called into action on a mission that will test him as never before. At stake is the fate of the beleaguered island of Malta where Hannays son is stationed as a fighter pilot. The German master spy Ravenstein has stumbled upon a centuries old secret which will give the Nazis the key to conquering Malta and so take control of the entire Mediterranean. To stop them, Hannay and his allies the Gorbals Diehards must track down the mysterious Karrie Adriatis, who alone knows the nature of the ancient secret. The quest takes them on a perilous journey from Gibraltar, to Casablanca, to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and finally on to Malta itself. Here Hannay and Ravenstein come face to face in a battle that will determine the future of the war. Before James Bond, before Indiana Jones, fictions greatest action hero was Richard Hannay, who first appeared in John Buchans classic thriller The Thirty- Nine Steps. Robert J. Harris has now revived Richard Hannay in a thrilling adventure series in the tradition of John Buchan and Alistair Maclean.

Mientras las bombas alemanas caen sobre Londres, la policía descubre que, además de los nazis, un nuevo terror se adueña de las calles de la capital. Hay un asesino en serie que está replicando con minuciosidad los violentos asesinatos que Jack el Destripador cometio en 1888. Ante la atrocidad de los crimenes y la falta de efectivos a casusa de la guerra, en Scotland Yard se ven obligados a recurrir al detective mas famoso del mundo: Sherlock Holmes. Solo el, con la ayuda de su inestimable Watson, es capaz de evitar que el imitador del Destripador consiga completar su sangrienta serie.