Martin Fine

Entombed with its creator for almost 200 years, together with the secret formula of how Stradivari created such masterpieces; the lost Stradivarius violin is discovered, only to be lost again, until it surfaces in Nazi-occupied Europe, where it is hidden away. Bad luck has befallen everyone who has possessed it, and a quirk of fate draws a brilliant young British virtuoso into the desperate search to recover the lost violin. This intoxicating thriller weaves effortlessly between countries from beginning to end encompassing the world of classical music, stolen art, and historical fact. The reader is transported through the streets of modern-day Moscow, and the hidden mysteries of China, to the old Jewish East End of London. Powerful,...

Дата выхода: январь 2006

Powerful leaders in the Kremlin, Washington and Cuba manipulated the politics of intrigue and power-broking in Africa. The demise of colonial rule transforms the face of Africa, and brings the Cold War - in which the forces of capitalism and communism confront each other - to the very borders of South Africa From the picturesque vineyards of the Cape to the bloody battlefields of Angola, fate entwines two young South Africans, one black, one white, on opposite sides of the conflict. The legalisation of the liberation movements and the release of Nelson Mandela bring the opposing ideologies to the brink of civil war. This history - of the bitterness and hatred of different cultures ultimately blending together over three decades to create...

Дата выхода: январь 2006