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Adam LeBor

    August 1, 1961

    Adam LeBor delves into the intricate intersections of power, finance, and geopolitics, uncovering the hidden mechanisms that shape global events. His work illuminates the impact of clandestine dealings and financial flows on world history, often revealing the lesser-known truths behind influential players and their strategies. With a correspondent's eye for detail and a deep commitment to investigative journalism, LeBor brings a sense of urgency and authority to his analyses. His writing offers readers a compelling journey into the complex undercurrents of international affairs, grounded in meticulous research and firsthand reporting.

    Adam LeBor
    Kossuth Square
    Hitler's secret bankers
    Tower of Basel
    City of oranges : Arabs and Jews in Jaffa
    Dohany Street
    City of Oranges
    • City of Oranges

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A new edition of this acclaimed history of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa, with a major new afterword.

      City of Oranges
    • Budapest's dark history finally catches up with Detective Balthazar Kovacs in the final instalment in Adam LeBor's Hungarian crime trilogy.

      Dohany Street
    • An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank

      Tower of Basel
    • HITLER'S SECRET BANKERS reveals how the Swiss banks profited from Nazi genocide. Recent press stories showed that Swiss banks are sitting on millions deposited by Jews before the Second World War. Ever since, they have been stonewalling attempts by relatives of Holocaust victims to claim this money. But these are small amounts compared to the Nazi gold that flowed through Swiss banks - gold which was looted from occupied countries and even from the corpses of dead Jews. The Swiss banks played a vital role in financing the Nazi war machine. And while the Swiss were profiting from the results of Nazi genocide, the government was also refusing entry to Jewish refugees, effectively condemning them to death. With the recent declassification of US intelligence documents the whole shameful history of Swiss/Nazi collaboration has been uncovered, striking at the very heart of the Swiss ideal of neutrality.

      Hitler's secret bankers
    • Kossuth Square

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.5(12)Add rating

      The death of an Arab financier reveals the dangerous fractures running through Budapest in Adam LeBor's latest dark police procedural.

      Kossuth Square
    • Two British journalists draw on recent research and declassified documents for a new perspective on the Third Reich: the ways that average people living in Germany, its allies and occupied territories, and neutral European nations made everyday choices which had consequences for the rise of Adolf Hitler. By exploiting German dissatisfaction, both ideological and practical, and by being all things to all "racially pure" Germans, the Nazis corrupted and seduced an entire nation; LeBor and Boyes portray a world of continual ethical and moral compromise by citizens of the Reich that led to their complicity in the Holocaust. First published in the UK as Surviving Hitler (2000). c. Book News Inc.

      Seduced by Hitler
    • The Tower of Basel

      • 323 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(371)Add rating

      An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.

      The Tower of Basel
    • District VIII

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.6(199)Add rating

      'Adam LeBor reveals that crime fiction still has exciting new avenues to explore' Val McDermid.

      District VIII
    • Yael Azoulay does the United Nations' dirty work by cutting deals that most of us never hear about. Equally at home in the caves of Afghanistan, the slums of Gaza, or corporate boardrooms all across the world, Yael believes the ends justify the means...until she's pushed way beyond her breaking point. When Yael is assigned to eastern Congo to negotiate with Jean-Pierre Hakizimani, a Hutu warlord wanted for genocide, she offers him a generous plea bargain. Thanks to Congo's abundance of a valuable mineral used in computer and cell phone production, her number one priority is maintaining regional stability. But when she discovers that Hakizimani is linked to the death of the person she loved the most—and that the UN is prepared to sanction mass murder—Yael soon realizes that salvation means not just saving others' lives but confronting her own inner demons. Spanning New York City, Africa, and Switzerland, The Geneva Option is the first in a series of gripping conspiracy thrillers, a tour de force of international espionage and intrigue.

      The Geneva Option