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Author : Alexandre Dumas
Release : 1906
Genre : Netherlands
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Black Tulip by : Alexandre Dumas
Download or read book The Black Tulip written by Alexandre Dumas. This book was released on 1906. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lauren Willig
Release : 2005-12-29
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 818/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Masque of the Black Tulip by : Lauren Willig
Download or read book The Masque of the Black Tulip written by Lauren Willig. This book was released on 2005-12-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...But now she has a million questions about the Pink Carnation's deadly French nemesis, the Black Tulip. And she's pretty sure that her handsome onagain, off-again crush, Colin Selwick, has the answers somewhere in his archives. But what she discovers in an old codebook is something juicier than she ever imagined.
Author : Alev Lytle Croutier
Release : 2003
Genre : Harems
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 495/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Leyla by : Alev Lytle Croutier
Download or read book Leyla written by Alev Lytle Croutier. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720's.
Author : Erik Schmidt
Release : 2020-02-29
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 259/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Tulip by : Erik Schmidt
Download or read book Black Tulip written by Erik Schmidt. This book was released on 2020-02-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace—and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War. Over the course of 1,404 wartime missions, Luftwaffe fighter pilot Erich Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills. His storied career contains all the dramas you would expect: frostbitten fighter sweeps over the Eastern Front, drunken forays to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, a decade of imprisonment in the wretched Soviet POW camps, and further military service during the Cold War. Then, just as Hartmann’s career was faltering, he was adopted by a network of writers and commentators deeply invested in his reputation. These men, mostly Americans, published celebratory stories about Hartmann and his elite fraternity of Luftwaffe pilots. With each dogfight tale put into print, Hartmann’s legacy became loftier and more secure, and his complicated service in support of Nazism faded away. Black Tulip digs beneath this one-dimensional account of Hartmann’s life, revealing a man who was neither a full-blown Nazi nor an impeccable knight.
Author : Milt Bearden
Release : 2002-01-22
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 167/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Black Tulip by : Milt Bearden
Download or read book The Black Tulip written by Milt Bearden. This book was released on 2002-01-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this suspense-filled thriller, the man who ran the closing phases of the Afghan war for the Agency takes his readers on a stunning voyage of discovery through that clandestine world, from Kabul to Hong Kong and the Moscow of the Evil Empire.”—Larry Collins, co-author of Is Paris Burning? Set in the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan and the equally hazardous headquarters of the CIA Operations Directorate in Washington, The Black Tulip is a fast-paced thriller, based on real events, by the legendary spy who masterminded the plot to arm Afghan freedom fighters in their holy war against the Soviets. A longtime veteran of the CIA, Bearden knows the tricks of the trade, the price of honor, the bonds of blood, and the enduring lure of retribution. Praise for The Black Tulip “An irresistible page-turner . . . especially vivid because we know the author was a witness to events.”—The Wall Street Journal “Milt Bearden really delivers. With thirty years in the CIA to back it up, he knows what he’s talking about. . . . A terrific book.”—Robert De Niro “A heart-stopping tale of espionage and betrayal. Forget Tom Clancy: this is the real thing.”—Richard Holbrooke “A truly engrossing espionage read . . . Bearden explains how the CIA supplied Afghan guerrillas with the hardware—rockets, Stinger surface-to-air missiles, and night-vision equipment—which enabled them to chew a vastly stronger Soviet force to bloody ribbons. . . . Highly recommended.”—The Washington Times
