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THE SECRET AGENT
THE SECRET AGENT
Author: Joseph Conrad
At the age of twenty, Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski arrived in England unable to speak English. In sixteen years with the British Merchant Marine he not only mastered English but he rose form a deckhand to a captain. As Joseph Conrad, he went to become a successfull novelist in his adopted language. Generally considered to be a teller...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781576460085
ISBN-10: 1576460088
Publication Date: 7/1/1999
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Quiet Vision
Book Type: CD-ROM
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A 1983 reprint of the 1905 classic. A chilling examination of terrorism, this book is the literary forerunner of the espionage thriller.
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Do you think terrorism began in the 20th century? You'd be wrong! As revolutions and counterrevolutions washed over Europe in the 19th Century, anarchists gnawed at the fringes of the fabric of society. Think something like this could never happen to you? Read how a mediocre man gets sucked into whirlpool of politcal intrigue at tragic lost to his friends, family and himself.


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