Bøker av Talbot Mundy

King of the Khyber Rifles - A Romance of Adventure is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

First established by an ancient emperor, The Nine Unknown is a secret society of men founded to protect knowledge that would be a danger to the human race should it fall into the wrong hands. Entrusted with guarding the existing knowledge as well the pursuit of new understandings of science, religion, philosophy, and other impactful subjects. Set in 20th century India, The Nine Unknown follow the secret society as they are forced to face additional challenges tied to their sacred mission. A cult of Kali worshippers has emerged, confusing people with their fake wisdom and claiming to be something they are not. While the members of the Nine Unknown fight against these false idols, another threat to their mission arises¿Father Cyprian, a priest, who has obtained the secrets of The Nine, and seeks to destroy them in order appease his views of Christian piety. Originally published in 1923, Talbot Mundy¿s The Nine Unknown is an adventure of ancient mystery and conspiracy. Written with evocative prose, The Nine Unknown is captivating and thrilling. Featuring a narrative of secret societies, thrilling action, and thought-provoking theories, The Nine Unknown explores themes and topics still relevant and intriguing to contemporary audiences. This edition of The Nine Unknown by Talbot Mundy now features an eye-catching new cover design and is printed in a font that is both modern and readable. With these accommodations, this edition of The Nine Unknown creates an accessible and pleasant reading experience for modern audiences while restoring the original action and adventure of Talbot Mundy¿s work.

Athelstan King (hero of Mundy's early classic King -- of the Khyber Rifles) and burly and down-to-earth American Jeff Ramsden follow the gray mahatma through a series of caves beneath an ancient temple, revealing different levels of wisdom and the limitations and tortures of those stranded at any one level. And at the end of their quest through this Dantean Inferno waits death . . .

El Kudz, as Arabs call Jerusalem, is, from a certain distance, as they also call it, shellabi kabir. Extremely beautiful. Beautiful upon a mountain. El Kudz means The City, and in a certain sense it is that, to unnumbered millions of people. Ludicrous, uproarious, dignified, pious, sinful, naïvely confidential, secretive, altruistic, realistic. Hoary-ancient and ultra-modern. Very, very proud of its name Jerusalem, which means City of Peace. Full to the brim with the malice of certainly fifty religions, fifty races, and five hundred thousand curious political chicaneries disguised as plans to save our souls from hell and fill some fellow's purse. The jails are full.

The gifted romanticist, Talbot Mundy, offers in these pages an epic adventure spanning Africa, the Middle East, and Armenia in the early years of the 20th century. Mundy draws on a combination of personal experience and political conviction in portraying four fortune-hunters, Englishmen and American, who encounter colonial brutality in Africa, then join the defense of Armenia against Turkish genocide. This is the first book publication of this entire saga from the original magazine serialization, and includes an introduction by Mundy biographer Brian Taves explaining the genesis and impact of the stories.