The Golden Keel
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When the Allies invaded southern Italy in 1943, Mussoliniβs personal treasure was moved north to safety under heavily armed guard. It was never seen again. Now, an expedition plans to unearth the treasure and smuggle it out of Italy. But their reckless mission is being followed β by enemies who are as powerful and ruthless as they are deadly...
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Desmond Bagley was a multi-million-copy selling author of 16 adventure thrillers, all still in print. Moving to South Africa after WW2, his transition from unskilled printerβs apprentice, aircraft engineer, mine worker, nightclub photographer and radio scriptwriter to one of the worldβs most respected thriller writers is legendary, described by The Times as a βcraftsmanlike thriller novelistβ. Returning to the UK in the 1960s, he lived with his wife Joan in Devon and then on Guernsey, where a blue plaque was unveiled in his honour in 2018.
