Richard Hughes Books

New edition of a classic adventure novel and one of the most startling, highly praised stories in English literature--a brilliant chronicle of two sensitive children's violent voyage from innocence to experience. After a terrible hurricane levels their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England. On the way their ship is set upon by pirates, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel. Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate captain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust with surprising ease to their new life. As this strange company drifts around the Caribbean, events turn more frightening and the pirates find themselves increasingly incriminated by the children's fates. The most shocking betrayal, however, will take place only after the return to civilization. The swift, almost hallucinatory action of Hughes's novel, together with its provocative insight into the psychology of children, made it a best seller when it was first published in 1929 and has since established it as a classic of twentieth-century literature - an unequaled exploration of the nature, and limits, of innocence.

Set in the aftermath of World War I, this historical fiction delves into the trauma experienced in England and Germany, providing a vivid portrayal of a young Adolf Hitler. The narrative combines suspense and horror while exploring profound themes of human nature and morality. As the first part of a larger saga, it sets the stage for a broader examination of Europe through the 1920s and 1930s, culminating in the chilling events of the Night of the Long Knives. The work offers a compelling reflection on history's complexities and the darkness within humanity.

Richard Hughes' Roman ist eine Hymne an die Ausdauer und eine Parabel auf das Leben. Eigentlich sollte der Frachtdampfer nur durch die Karibik und den Panamakanal nach China. Doch dann stellt sich das Wetter dagegen. Das Schiff gerät in einen Hurrikan, der es vier Tage lang nicht aus den Fängen lässt und seiner Crew alles abverlangt. Am Ende ist das Schiff ein Wrack, aber die Männer haben überlebt: »Was als Siegeszug der Moderne beginnt, endet im Desaster.« (Oskar Piegsa, Spiegel online) »... so fantastisch spannend geschrieben, dass man gar nicht mehr aufhören kann … Tolles Buch!« Elke Heidenreich, Literaturclub SF 1

Záhada desíti vteřin je detektivní román. Knihu vydala národní správa J. Steinbrener, Vimperk.

V jeden mimoriadne horúci bezveterný deň kedysi v šesťdesiatych rokoch minulého storočia otriaslo útrobami Jamajky zemetrasenie a potom sa s nevídanou silou prihnal vietor, búral, ničil a pustošil, zrovnal so zemou všetko, čo mu prišlo do cesty. Pre Thorntonove deti, žijúce na rodičovskej farme bezstarostným životom, znamená víchor osudový medzník: ustarostení rodičia sa rozhodnú poslať ich nazad do Anglicka do školy, aby ich uchránili pred podobnými nebezpečenstvami. Deti nalodia na bárku a zveria do opatery kapitána. Už i loď sama o sebe je pre ne novým neprebádaným vzrušujúcim svetom, a keď namiesto očakávanej pokojnej plavby prekvapia loď piráti, zažijú malí cestovatelia najväčšie dobrodružstvo svojho života s nepredvídane dramatickými následkami.