Ambler, Eric 1909-1998

The siege of the Villa Lipp by Eric Ambler( Book )

14 editions published between 1977 and 1978 in English and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Paul Firman advises rich corporations and individuals on tax havens and shelters for their excess cash. He has built up a sideline of blackmail. At a seminar in Brussels, his past catches up with him

The dark frontier by Eric Ambler( Book )

83 editions published between 1936 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 896 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While on holiday, Professor Harry Barstow, a renowned physicist, crashes his auto, awakening in the persona of adventurer Conway Carruther, the hero of the novel he had been reading

A night to remember by Roy Baker( Visual )

22 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In his unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord's book of the same name, the acclaimed British director Roy Ward Baker depicts with sensitivity, awe, and a fine sense of tragedy the Titanic's final hours. Featuring remarkably restrained performances, A Night To Remember is cinema's subtlest, finest dramatization of this monumental twentieth-century catastrophe

Cause for alarm by Eric Ambler( Book )

86 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nicky Marlow needs a job. He's engaged to be married and the employment market is pretty slim in Britain in 1937. So when his fiancé points out the Spartacus Machine Tool notice, he jumps at the chance. After all, he speaks Italian and he figures he'll be able to endure Milan for a year, long enough to save some money. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth of his predecessor's death and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes it's not so simple to just do the job he's paid to do in fascist Italy on the eve of a world war. -- publisher's description

Epitaph for a spy by Eric Ambler( Book )

71 editions published between 1938 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 801 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Josef Vadassy arrives at the Hotel de la Reserve at the end of his Riviera holiday, he is simply looking forward to a few more days of relaxation before returning to Paris. But in St. Gatien, on the eve of World War II, everyone is suspect -- the American brother and sister, the expatriate Brits, and the German gentleman traveling under at least one assumed name. When the film he drops off at the chemist reveals photographs he has not taken, Vadassy finds himself the object of intense suspicion. The result is anything but the rest he had been hoping for

The mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler( Book )

122 editions published between 1939 and 2018 in 11 languages and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dimitrios was dead. His name was being crossed off police files. But Latimer, a crime writer, is fascinated by the story and investigates Dimitrios's last steps for material for his new book. But as he enters Dimitrios' criminal underworld, Latimer realises that his own life may be on the line

Judgment on Deltchev by Eric Ambler( Book )

63 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in English and German and held by 761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tale of danger in a dictator-dominated Balkan country

Background to danger by Eric Ambler( Book )

67 editions published between 1937 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have a more than monetary value, and that European politics has more twists and turns than the most convoluted newspaper account

Dirty story : a further account of the life and adventures of Arthur Abdel Simpson by Eric Ambler( Book )

29 editions published between 1967 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 584 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Night to Remember by Kenneth More( Visual )

8 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in English and held by 582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tells the story of the sinking of the Titanic