About the author

John Franklin Broxholme (born 11 June 1930 Bradford, died 24 June 2000 Bury St Edmunds) was an English thriller writer who published fifteen novels in a little over twenty years (1971–1993) using the pen name of Duncan Kyle.

Reminiscent of the work of Desmond Bagley, Kyle's books typically involve a tough, resourceful individual who unexpectedly becomes involved in danger and intrigue in an exotic setting. A Cage of Ice, for example, involves a London physician who accompanies a hand-picked team of adventurers on a snowmobile journey across the Arctic to rescue a defecting Soviet scientist. Green River High follows another group of adventurers into the jungles of Borneo in search of a plane that crashed there during World War II. Kyle's novels are, like those of Bagley and Alistair MacLean, stronger on plot and setting than on characterization. They are invariably well-crafted, however, and two--The King's Commissar and The Dancing Men—are classics of the historical fiction and historical detective story genres, respectively.

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Senator John Leydens opbakning i befolkningen er stadigt voksende. I kampagnehovedkvarteret er væggene prydet af hundredvis af plakater. Under loftet hænger bannere med parolen: "Han er manden, der skal redde USA". Intet synes at kunne gå galt for den succesrige præsidentkandidat.

Imens arbejder den engelske slægtsforsker Warwick Todd med undersøgelsen af ireren Joseph Patrick Connors levnedsløb – uden at vide, at Connor var John Leydens‘ farfar, og uden at vide, at hans eget liv er i overhængende fare...

En forrygende politisk thriller! Duncan Kyle er pseudonym for den engelske forfatter John Franklin Broxholm (1930-2001), som udmærkede sig inden for thrillergenren. Efter sin debutroman, "Efter præsidentens ordre" (originaltitel "A Cage of Ice"), i 1971 udgav Duncan Kyle yderligere 14 bøger, som vandt stor popularitet og blev oversat til flere forskellige sprog.
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Publish date23 Jul 2019
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ISBN epub9788711803837