Geoffrey Household Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Aus dem Englischen von Vollstädt, Andreas. ( Raben-Krimi, 7). 255 S.

Irgendwo in Europa Anfang der 30er-Jahre: Ein Jäger schleicht sich auf das Anwesen eines gefürchteten Diktators, legt an und zielt. Doch er wird entdeckt. Man foltert ihn, stürzt ihn von einem Felsen, es soll wie ein Unfall aussehen. Nur stirbt er nicht, sondern entkommt. Eine atemberaubende Menschenjagd beginnt. Er flieht durch feindliches Gebiet, entrinnt den Verfolgern, erreicht sogar seine Heimat. Aber Sicherheit gibt es für ihn nirgends mehr. Gehetzt von Geheimagenten, gejagt von der Polizei, verkriecht er sich schließlich wie ein verwundetes Tier in seinem selbst gegrabenen Bau, lauert, harrt aus. Wochen und Monate vergehen. Er kämpft gegen Kälte und Nässe, gegen den Hunger und gegen die Angst, bis es schließlich zu einem allerletzten Kampf kommt – dem Kampf auf Leben und Tod.

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

On the death of his father, artist and mystic Alfgif Hollaston returns to his Somerset house. There, he befriends Paddy Gadsden, a saddler and horse psychiatrist, and inherits Paddy's polecat, Meg, after Paddy's violent and inexplicable death. But innocent and playful Meg isn't quite what she seems.Soon Alfgif's life and sanity are threatened by a relentless terror, resembling the sixth sense of an animal, which warns when danger is imminent . . .

At the edge of the Amazonian jungle, Dr Owen Dawnay has set up an agricultural station. It's a remote place, isolated from the world, and home to a group of half-Indian cattlemen. Dawnay is puzzled by the cattlemen's apparent fear of the dark. Until he learns of the elusive dwarfs who are supposed to dance among the trees by moonlight. His scientific brain urges him to confront the unknown, but Dawnay has entered a realm of nightmare, one that science cannot explain...