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The Night of the Morningstar
Peter O´donnell
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Description for The Night of the Morningstar
Paperback. Series: Modesty Blaise S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
* THE ELEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * 'The finest escapist thrillers ever written' THE TIMES 'Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise' OBSERVER Modesty Blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the Network, a crime syndicate specialising in art theft and industrial espionage. But there is one final, astounding mission before she can leave and the Network is disbanded. Years later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she and her faithful lieutenant Willie Garvin find themselves drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as The Watchmen. The Watchmen have big plans, not least to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge. Modesty and Willie will need all their cunning to foil a fiendish plot to bring down western civilisation and save their own lives.
Product Details
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Modesty Blaise S.
Condition
New
Weight
197g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780285636156
SKU
V9780285636156
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About Peter O´donnell
Peter O'Donnell began his career working on pre-World War Two comic strips. During the 1950s he became involved with strip cartoons and created the revolutionary series Modesty Blaise, which would be syndicated in more than 42 countries. The strip led to a series of bestselling novels: Modesty Blaise, Sabre-Tooth, I, Lucifer, The Impossible Virgin, Pieces of Modesty, A Taste for Death, The Silver Mistress, Dragon's Claw, The Xanadu Talisman, The Night of the Morningstar, Dead Man's Handle and Cobra Trap.
Reviews for The Night of the Morningstar
These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written
The Times
In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer
Lauren Henderson, author of Dead White Female Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel there was Modesty Blaise. For almost 40 years, Peter O'Donnell's iconic heroine drop-kicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in popular culture
Observer
One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Kingsley Amis O'Donnell is one of those rare popular writers, like Josephine Tey or P.G. Wodehouse, who inspire not just fandom but love
New York Times
Modesty Blaise was the comic-strip criminal genius, turned occasional secret service operative, who managed to combine timeless beauty and elegance with the ability to break every bone in your body... there's never been a better time to become acquainted
The Crack
The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime novels
Crime Time
The stories of Modesty are better than James Bond and funnier
Tribune
The Times
In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer
Lauren Henderson, author of Dead White Female Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel there was Modesty Blaise. For almost 40 years, Peter O'Donnell's iconic heroine drop-kicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in popular culture
Observer
One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Kingsley Amis O'Donnell is one of those rare popular writers, like Josephine Tey or P.G. Wodehouse, who inspire not just fandom but love
New York Times
Modesty Blaise was the comic-strip criminal genius, turned occasional secret service operative, who managed to combine timeless beauty and elegance with the ability to break every bone in your body... there's never been a better time to become acquainted
The Crack
The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime novels
Crime Time
The stories of Modesty are better than James Bond and funnier
Tribune