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Luciano's Luck by Jack Higgins (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media, Inc.

ISBN-101453200592

ISBN-139781453200599

eBay Product ID (ePID)123738789

Product Key Features

Book TitleLuciano's Luck

Number of Pages196 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Crime, War & Military, Thrillers / Historical

Publication Year2010

GenreFiction

AuthorJack Higgins

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.5 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Reviews"A thriller writer in a class of his own." -- Financial Times "Jack Higgins is the master." --Tom Clancy

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal823.9/14

SynopsisIn the darkest days of World War II, an American Mafioso is the Allies' only hope to tip the scales of victory As the Allies struggle to gain a foothold in Italy in 1943, American gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano is pulled from his prison cell in New York by the U.S. military and handed a top-secret mission. Lucky must go to Sicily to persuade a distrustful Mafia to revolt against the island's fascist occupiers. If successful, Lucky's mission will pave the way for a full-scale invasion of Italy and aid the advancing Allied forces in breaking Hitler's grip on the nation once and for all. But if he fails, the toll in human blood will be higher than anyone can imagine. "Jack Higgins is the master." -Tom Clancy Jack Higgins is the New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty thrillers that have sold over 250 million copies worldwide, including The Eagle Has Landed and The Wolf at the Door. Before beginning his writing career, Higgins served in the British Army along the East German border. He lives in the Channel Islands., From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Dark Justice comes the World War II legend of American gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano. It's 1943 and war is raging. The key to America and the Allies' first assault on Nazi-occupied Europe is the island of Sicily. But it is unknown whether the Sicilian people are willing to rise up and fight alongside the Allies. To secure their help, the US military turns to imprisoned mobster Lucky Luciano--the one man with the connections to the all-powerful Sicilian mafia that could change the course of the war in Italy. The price for his help? Nothing short of a full pardon. Sent in secret to Sicily, Luciano must use every bit of guile and ruthlessness he has to convince his underworld brethren to make a stand against the fascists who have overrun their land. If successful, his mission will pave the way for a full-scale invasion of Italy and aid the Allies in breaking Hitler's grip on Italy. But if he fails, the price in blood will be higher than anyone can imagine--and Luciano's will be the first spilled. For decades, author Jack Higgins has kept millions of readers around the world glued to the page with his breakneck pacing and shocking plot twists. Here, he takes the true story of the near-alliance between the US government and the mob during World War II to an explosive climax.