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A missing scientist, a fake identity, and a one-way ticket into the unknown. Destination Unknown (1954) — also published as So Many Steps to Death — sends Hilary Craven, a woman with nothing to lose, undercover to trace scientists vanishing behind the Iron Curtain — a suicide mission she accepts with open eyes.
Cold War paranoia meets Christie’s thriller instincts: a journey to Morocco, a secret desert installation, and a conspiracy with global stakes. Hilary — grieving, reckless, brilliant — is among Christie’s most psychologically interesting heroines, and the plot keeps twisting to the final page. The desert climax is pure Christie: nowhere to hide, everything to lose.
A standalone Cold War thriller — Christie proving she could master the espionage genre too. For fans of le Carré-era intrigue with a Christie twist: destination unmissable. Cold War Christie at her most daring — and most surprising.
Few painters embodied Romanticism’s fire like Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). His canvases blaze with color, movement, and passion — from the revolutionary fervor of Liberty Leading the People (1830) to the exotic splendor inspired by his 1832 diplomatic journey to North Africa and Spain.
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nDelacroix, by Isabella Alston, belongs to the popular TAJ Mini Books series: compact, beautifully produced volumes that introduce great artists to new audiences. In just over a hundred pages, Alston traces Delacroix’s extraordinary life and work — his rivalry with Ingres, his literary inspirations in Shakespeare, Byron, and Scott, and the late murals of Saint-Sulpice that crowned his career.
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nRichly illustrated throughout, this mini book is an ideal first encounter with the master of French Romanticism — or a handsome refresher for those who already love him. Alston writes with clarity and enthusiasm, letting the paintings speak while placing each one in the story of a restless, ambitious, endlessly inventive artist.
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nWhether you’re building an art library or simply want to understand why Delacroix’s influence still burns through modern painting, this little volume delivers: a vivid, accessible portrait of a giant, sized to slip into a bag and dip into anywhere.
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