Popular European Adventure Books
Find adventure books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (144)
Sweden22.
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming EN
EnglandDescription:
USING HIS FORMIDABLE SKILLS of DECEPTION, JAMES BOND WORKS TO TAKE DOWN AN AMERICAN GANG The Spangled Mob are no ordinary American gangsters. They prey on the addictions of the wealthy and treat the poor as collateral. Their ruthless desire for power and fierce brotherly loyalty make them deadly and invincible. James Bond must go deep undercover in his urgent new assignment: to destroy their millionaire masterminds, Jack and Seraffimo Spang. But the Spangs' cruel influence is everywhere, from dusty African diamond mines to the frenzied gambling dens of Las Vegas. Can Bond find his men before h... continue
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Die Schatzinsel by Robert Louis Stevenson DE
ScotlandDescription:
Jim Hawkins ist gerade 15 Jahre alt, als er sich auf ein gefährliches Abenteuer einlässt: die Suche nach dem Schatz eines berüchtigten Piraten. - Ein klassischer Abenteuerroman von 1883.
Italy25.
Dr. No by Ian Fleming EN
Description:
JAMES BOND IS PUT TO THE TEST AGAINS AN EGOTISTICAL SCIENTIST WITH NEFARIOUS AIMS Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6's Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider. Together they will combat a ... continue
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Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Gárdonyi Géza, (trans George F. Cushing) EN
HungaryDescription:
Novel based on the Seige of Eger in 1552, when a small Hungarian garrison resisted a far larger Turkish army for almost six weeks, forcing its humiliating retreat. The garrison commander, Istvan Dobo became a national hero, but he was helped by Gergely Bornemissza, whose ingenious use of explosives caused confusion in the Turkish forces. An exciting tale of chivalry, love, adventure & disaster, leading up to the seige itself. A convincing blend of history & fiction, a Hungarian literary classic beloved of adults & children alike
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El americano impasible by Graham Greene ES
Description:
En el tormentoso ambiente político de la Indochina de los años cincuenta —una Indochina que reivindica su independencia contra el ejército francés—, tres personajes forman un frágil triángulo amoroso: Thomas Fowler, un corresponsal de guerra que ha llevado una vida llena de fracasos sentimentales y que repasa sus experiencias con distancia y escepticismo; Alden Pyle, el americano impasible, un agente secreto estadounidense de carácter extraordinariamente ingenuo, y Fuong, una joven anamita de la que están enamorados los dos ho... continue
France29.
Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier, John Sturrock EN
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take back the island of Guadeloupe from the English at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In Carpentier's telling, this piratical character walks into the lives of the wealthy orphans Esteban and Sofia and casts them abruptly into the midst of the immense changes sweeping the world outside their Havana mansion.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne EN
Description:
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne published in 1863.