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An edition of On Dangerous Ground (1993)

On dangerous ground

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A clandestine treaty. A death-bed confession. And the hunt is on for Sean Dillon, who must go head to head with the Mafia. The year is 1944. Just outside Delhi a British Dakota crashes, taking lives and destroying a clandestine treaty signed by Lord Mountbatten and the Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung. An historic agreement, one set to change the course of history. Over thirty years later, a death-bed confession from a Mafia kingpin reveals the answers to untouched secrets about the treaty, and just how much the British and Chinese governments would pay for its destruction. It's not long before Sean Dillon enters the fray; his feared expertise tested as he goes up against the uncompromising violence of the Mafia and the enticing dangers of a beautiful woman, more deadly than any professional killer he has ever known.

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Publisher
Harper, HARPER COLLINS
Language
English
Pages
272

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On dangerous ground
2015, Harper, HARPER COLLINS
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Cover of: Terreno peligroso
Terreno peligroso
October 2000, Grijalbo Mondadori, S.A
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: On dangerous ground
On dangerous ground
1998, Penguin Books
in English
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Terrain dangereux: roman
1995, A. Michel
in French
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On dangerous ground
1995, Berkley Books, Berkley
in English
Cover of: Terreno Peligroso
Terreno Peligroso
May 1995, Grijalbo Mondadori S.A., Grijalbo
Paperback in Spanish
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On dangerous ground
1994, G.P. Putnam's Sons
in English
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On dangerous ground
1994, Thorndike Press
in English
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Gevaarlijk terrein
1994, De Boekerij
in Dutch
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On dangerous ground
1994, Michael Joseph
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Series
Sean Dillon -- bk 3.
Copyright Date
1995

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6058.I343

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 pages
Number of pages
272

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32130577M
ISBN 10
0008132380
ISBN 13
9780008132385
OCLC/WorldCat
919275090
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL157516W

First Sentence

"NORAH BELL GOT OUT OF THE TAXI CLOSE TO ST. James's Stairs on Wapping High Street."

Work Description

Una mortífera competencia por el más fabuloso de los botines.
En 1944, lord Mountbatten y Mao Zedong firmaron un acuerdo por el que los chinos se comprometían a prorrogar por cien años el estatuto de Hong Kong a cambio de ayuda militar. Dicho convenio, particularmente la copia británica del mismo, desapareció en un desgraciado accidente. Había quedado sin efecto antes de nacer.
Han transcurrido cincuenta años. El paso de la colonia a soberanía china se acerca; sin embargo, hay poderosos intereses económicos, incluida la Mafia, que no pueden resignarse a lo inevitable. El desaparecido y olvidado convenio adquiere inusitado valor, tanto para las oscuras fuerzas que quieren impedir la descolonización de Hong Kong como para el gobierno británico, que no desea interrumpir el proceso. De ese modo, el mayor Ferguson, del servicio especial del primer ministro, y el jovial y sagaz ex terrorista del IRA Sean Dillon se verán empeñados en una mortal carrera por un documento que podría cambiar los destinos del mundo...
Jack Higgins, que ya ha demostrado en su obra —buena parte de la cual ha sido publicada por Grijalbo— sobrado talento para la intriga de carácter político, ofrece con Terreno peligroso una panoplia de sus mejores recursos: dinamismo sin desmayo, acción a raudales y esa rara habilidad narrativa que siempre lleva al lector a preguntarse si será verdad lo que cuenta.

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