Kolchak's Gold
A Thriller, Historical, Fiction book. Supposedly this is one of Garfield's personal favorites among his books. It's...
On the hunt for long-lost gold, a historian attracts murderous attention Twenty-five million people died during the Russian Civil War. It was a clash between Tsarist loyalists and the new Soviet order, and when the imperialist forces saw defeat in sight, their thoughts turned to their future. Under the command of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, they loaded the entire Tsarist treasury onto a train, packing millions of worthless banknotes alongside platinum, jewels, and over five hundred tons of gold bullion. As Kolchak retreated, the train disappeared, and the fortune vanished. America's foremost historian of Russia, Harry Bristow, is researching a new biography of Kolchak when an ancient veteran of the Russian Civil War gives him a clue to the gold's whereabouts. Bristow would like...
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- Pages: 336 pages
- ISBN: 9780330245944 / 330245945
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Brian Garfield, perhaps best known as the author of the novel which inspired the infamous Death Wish films, seems like one of those forgotten authors now, which is a shame. As a craftsman he's up there with Westlake, Block, McBain, et al, those brilliant genre authors who never turned in a poorly written or badly constructed novel,... An interesting novel and highly enjoyable, but left a little to be desired at times.The plot, briefly, is that Harris Bristow, author of several popular history books, meets an Israeli woman and falls in love with her. She mentions that she knows an old Israeli who has an interesting story to tell about the Tsarist Russian treasury... Supposedly this is one of Garfield's personal favorites among his books. It's very good. The elements are pretty standard: hoard of gold, Russian revolution, Nazi's, death squads, Israeli intelligence, the CIA, and an innocent victim. Garfield stirs the ingredients and makes something tasty. This book isn't as clever as Hopscotch, but...
