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1. The Ways of the World

   • Robert Goddard

   • 543 stránek
   • 20 hodin čtení

   Paris, 1919. The aftermath of the Great War. With the fate of the world's nations hanging in the balance, a secret affair ends with the death of a senior British diplomat. As the authorities try to pass it off as a bizarre accident, ex-RFC flying ace, James 'Max' Maxted is convinced otherwise and throws himself headfirst into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery - hellbent on uncovering the truth. But with the stakes being so high and friends now indistinguishable from enemies, the only way forward is to keep pushing - until you can see who's pushing back! - Back cover.

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2. De wijde wereld trilogie - 1: Intrige in Parijs

   • Robert Goddard

   • 384 stránek
   • 14 hodin čtení

   1919. Parijs is het centrum van de wereld. Politici en diplomaten zijn bijeengekomen om de catastrofale gevolgen van de Eerste Wereldoorlog te bespreken. Het laatste wat de Britse delegatie nodig heeft is de mysterieuze dood van een hooggeplaatst lid uit hun afvaardiging. Dus als Sir Henry Maxted van het dak valt van het appartementencomplex waar zijn maîtresse woont, proberen ze alle verdachte omstandigheden te verhullen. Maar daar heeft de zoon van Henry Maxted, James 'Max' Maxted, andere ideeën over. Hij is vastbesloten de verdachte dood van zijn vader te onderzoeken en de waarheid boven tafel te halen, zelfs als het betekent dat hij de ogenschijnlijk harmonieuze verhoudingen tussen de diplomaten moet verstoren.

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3. The Wide World - James Maxted - 1: The Ways of the World

   Paris, 1919-The Battle for Peace Begins...

   • Robert Goddard

   • 432 stránek
   • 16 hodin čtení

   From the Edgar Award-winning British writer Robert Goddard comes a gripping new trilogy of historical thrillers set in the aftermath of World War I. The story follows James “Max” Maxted, a Royal Flying Corps veteran with a knack for finding trouble. In the spring of 1919, as peace delegates gather in Paris, British diplomat Sir Henry Maxted is tasked with negotiating with the Brazilians over seized ships. However, before a deal can be finalized, Sir Henry is found dead outside a Montparnasse apartment building, apparently having fallen from the roof. His sons, Max and Ashley, arrive in Paris to retrieve the body, only to discover that the French police's explanation is suspect. With the potential fallout from a diplomat's murder threatening the peace conference, few are willing to investigate—except for Max. What starts as a quest for answers about his father's death plunges him into a perilous world of secret alliances and international espionage, where betrayal lurks at every corner. Max must navigate this treacherous landscape, determined to uncover the truth about a father he barely knew, while facing the very real danger that his inquiries could cost him his own life.

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4. The Corners of the Globe

   • Robert Goddard

   Spring, 1919. James 'Max' Maxted, former Great War flying ace, returns to the trail of murder, treachery and half-buried secrets he set out on in The Ways of the World. He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, a senior member of the British delegation to the post-war peace conference. But he was convinced there was more - much more - to be discovered about what Sir Henry had been trying to accomplish. And he suspected elusive German spymaster Fritz Lemmer knew the truth of it. Now, enlisted under false colours in Lemmer's service but with his loyalty pledged to the British Secret Service, Max sets out on his first - and possibly last - mission for Lemmer. It takes him to the far north of Scotland - to the Orkney Isles, where the German High Seas Fleet has been impounded in Scapa Flow, its fate to be decided at the conference-table in Paris. Max has been sent to recover a document held aboard one of the German ships. What that document contains forces him to break cover sooner than he would have wished and to embark on a desperate race south, towards London, with information that could destroy Lemmer - if Max, as seems unlikely, lives to deliver it...

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5. The Ends of the Earth

   • Robert Goddard

   • 379 stránek
   • 14 hodin čtení

   A thrilling climax to Robert Goddard's bestselling adventure trilogy, "The Wide World." July 1919. Ex-flying ace James 'Max' Maxted's attempt to uncover the secret behind the death of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, murdered while serving as an adviser with the British delegation to the Paris peace conference, has seemingly ended in failure -- and his own death. The trail uncovered by him leads to Japan and a mysterious prisoner held by Sir Henry Maxted's old enemy, Count Tomura. Unaware of Max's fate, the team he has recruited to finish the job are already there, where their paths cross that of former German spymaster, Fritz Lemmer, now rebuilding his spy network in the service of a new, more sinister cause. In the days and weeks ahead, the quest Max embarked on in Paris will reach its dizzying end at Tomura's castle in the mountains of Honshu -- and the full truth of what occurred thirty years before will finally be laid bare."

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