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The Golden Keel
Written by Desmond Bagley
Narrated by Paul Tyreman
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About this audiobook
The first action thriller by the classic adventure writer, set in Italy.
When the Allies invaded southern Italy in 1943, Mussolini's personal treasure was moved north to safety under heavily armed guard. It was never seen again. Now, an expedition plans to unearth the treasure and smuggle it out of Italy. But their reckless mission is being followed – by enemies who are as powerful and ruthless as they are deadly…
Author
Desmond Bagley
Desmond Bagley was born in 1923 in Kendal and brought up in Blackpool, beginning his working life, aged 14, in the printing industry. He wrote 16 novels, becoming one of the world's top-selling authors, with his books translated into more than 30 languages. He died in 1983.
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Reviews for The Golden Keel
Rating: 3.4000000533333328 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
45 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First read it fifty years ago. I had to find copies of his books in second hand book stores from people who had carried them back from the uk. Good honest yarns similar to those of Alister Maclain
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You have found a treasure containing 3 million pounds of gold. The problem is how to take it across the ocean without somebody noticing?
You make the keel of your boat with that gold, of course! A good thriller by Desmond Bagley. One of his best. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good adventure / thriller story with some twists.