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vii, 454 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
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The Jackal, a killer at the top of his profession, unknown to any secret service in the world, has a contract to kill French president Charles de Gaulle, one of the world's most heavily guarded men. As the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.
3) De Gaulle
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xl, 887 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Language
English
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A definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile man put a broken France back at the center of world affairs. In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one junior general who had fought in the trenches in Verdun refused to accept defeat. He fled to London,...
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1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grace Kelly is a huge movie star with the promise of a glittering career when she marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Six years later, with her marriage in serious difficulty, Alfred Hitchcock offers her the chance to return to Hollywood to play the role of Marnie in his next film. But France is also threatening to annex Monaco, the tiny principality where she became the Princess. Grace is torn and forced to choose between the creative flame...
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