Sulle ali delle aquile (On Wings of Eagles)

by Ken Follett, Roberta Rambelli (Translator)

Overview

Teheran, 1979. In piena rivoluzione khomeinista i magistrati iraniani decidono arbitrariamente di fare arrestare due dirigenti di un'industria texana di computer che fa capo al magnate Ross Perot, con l'accusa di aver incassato una commessa illecita. Nonostante la loro estraneità ai fatti, neppure il governo degli Stati Uniti riesce a ottenerne la liberazione. Prende così corpo l'idea, audace al limite della follia, di ricorrere a un commando guidato dal colonnello Bull Simons, incaricato di far evadere i due prigionieri e di farli tornare sani e salvi in patria insieme agli altri impiegati dell'azienda rimasti in Iran. Un romanzo basato su un evento reale di grande impatto emotivo e forza drammatica, una missione impossibile che da storia vera è divenuta leggenda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788852036118
Publisher:	MONDADORI
Publication date:	04/12/2013
Sold by:	ARNOLDO MONDADORI - EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Ken Follett is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 188 million copies of his 35+ books. Follett's first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah's Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Armor of Light, and prequel The Evening and the Morning, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.

Hometown:

Hertfordshire, England

Date of Birth:

June 5, 1949

Place of Birth:

Cardiff, Wales

Education:

B.A. in Philosophy, University College, London, 1970