Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel
    Unavailable
    The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel
    Unavailable
    The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel

    Written by Gérard de Villiers

    Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    The Madmen of Benghazi, available for the first time in the U.S., is a gripping, racy, ripped-from-the-headlines espionage thriller set in volatile post-Qaddafi Libya.

    Gérard de Villiers (1929-2013) spent his five-decade career cultivating connections in the world of international intelligence, which allowed him to anticipate geopolitical events before they occurred-and to masterfully blend fiction with an insider's knowledge of international affairs. Published from 1964 until his death in 2013, his bestselling SAS series of 200 spy novels, starring Malko Linge, was long considered France's answer to Ian Fleming, with Malko as his James Bond.

    Its hero, Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat, spends his time freelancing for the CIA in order to support his playboy lifestyle.

    When terrorists try to shoot down a plane carrying Libyan prince Ibrahim al-Senussi, it is clear that someone wants him dead. But the CIA has its own plot for the prince: Now that Qaddafi has been overthrown, al-Senussi is their best bet to set up a constitutional monarchy and stem the Islamist tide in Libya. The CIA, which needs Malko as much as he needs them, sends the Austrian aristocrat to Cairo to learn more about al-Senussi's plans by seducing his companion, a ravishing British model. This mission is enormously appealing, but also proves enormously dangerous, as the same madman of God who is trying to kill al-Senussi also takes aim at Malko.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 29, 2014
    ISBN9780804190473
    Unavailable
    The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel

    Related to The Madmen of Benghazi

    Related audiobooks

    Crime Thriller For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Ian Fleming’s Licence To Steel

      Mar 19, 2020

      Ian Fleming’s Licence To Steel
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Political Role Model

      Oct 9, 2023

      Work-life balance is important, and it’s crucial to seek light relief. When my children were young, I liked nothing better than to turn them out to play while I curled up with a giant book about the Nazis. These days, as I follow every twist and turn

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Style & Technique Of BEN MACINTYRE

      Mar 5, 2020

      ‘If you’re looking for a good spy thriller, I definitely recommend this,’ said a review in the Daily Express. The book was not an invented spy yarn, but a true story – Agent Zigzag. Fact can be stranger than fiction. Ben Macintyre, historian and Time

      6 min read

    • Article

      For Your Eyes Only

      Nov 5, 2020

      For Your Eyes Only
      2 min read

    • Article

      Our Film Critic Explores Why The Harrowing Afghanistan Images May Feel Familiar

      Aug 19, 2021

      Bob Mondello reflects on the portrayal and the despair of Afghanistan's story, as shown on film for decades — in The Man Who Would Be King, Rambo III, Charlie Wilson's War, Zero Dark Thirty and more.

      4 min read

    • Article

      With Friends Like These

      Feb 23, 2023

      With Friends Like These
      2 min read

    • Article

      On A Wing And A Prayer

      Oct 8, 2020

      The process of ‘bowdlerisation’ — the sanitisation/castration (depending on your viewpoint) of fictional material deemed lewd or inappropriate — is a buzzword right now, what with censorship of all kinds being high on the agenda of public debate. It’

      3 min read

    • Article

      Hitting A Home Run

      Oct 1, 2020

      Hitting A Home Run
      2 min read

    • Article

      Evil Incarnate

      Nov 30, 2023

      Evil Incarnate
      3 min read

    • Article

      Best Of British

      Oct 10, 2021

      Best Of British
      1 min read

    • Article

      A Woman Deeply At War

      Nov 12, 2018

      MARIE COLVIN HAD A SWAGGER EVEN BEFORE SHE HAD AN eye patch. As a foreign correspondent for Britain’s Sunday Times, she didn’t answer to a daily deadline. She could follow her instincts to the root of a story, or the place it was inevitably headed. M

      2 min read

    • Article

      Funny You Should Ask

      Jan 30, 2022

      The QI elves are a team of writers and comedians who find the answers to impossible questions, doing the research for the long-running QI TV series, podcasts and the spin-off books. For the next little while, we’ll be running some of their finest fin

      2 min read

    • Article

      From Al Capone to Winston Churchill: Peaky Blinders’ historical figures – ranked!

      Mar 14, 2022

      Over the past five-and-a-bit series, Peaky Blinders has had no shortage of knowing cameos from genuine historical figures. So far, the current run has resembled an interwar history textbook that has come to life, then been moodily lit and mumblingly

      6 min read

    • Article

      Top 10 Female Spies In Fiction

      Aug 23, 2023

      Spy fiction is a genre of titans: Rudyard Kipling, W Somerset Maugham, John Buchan, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Len Deighton, John le Carré. That list will structure most histories of the genre. However, it is only half the picture, reflecting neithe

      5 min read

    • Article

      The James Bond Trap

      Feb 12, 2024

      The James Bond Trap
      5 min read

    • Article

      In 'A Legacy Of Spies,' John Le Carré Goes Back Out In 'The Cold'

      Sep 5, 2017

      Former CIA operative Valerie Plame says pop culture doesn't usually get espionage right — but le Carré comes close. His new novel is a kind of prequel to 1963's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Creators Of 'The Looming Tower' On Hulu Trace The Path To Tragedy

      Feb 26, 2018

      NEW YORK - In the days after the 9/11 attacks, journalist Lawrence Wright was stranded in Austin, Texas, unable to fly but desperate to find a way into the story. Monitoring obituaries online, he found the notice for John P. O'Neill. A veteran FBI ag

      6 min read

    Reviews for The Madmen of Benghazi

    4/5

    3 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      A fast-paced espionage novel, moving from scene to scene and country to country incredibly quickly. If anything, it was a bit too fast-moving, details flying by with a number of characters (mostly the 'bad guys', admittedly) moving through too quickly to get a feel for them. All told, I would have liked a bit more depth to character as opposed to the every maneuver of everyone, but it was a fun fast read. I think I'm going to read one of the earlier ones in order to see whether I want to put the time into more of the series as a whole.