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Day of the jackal

Story of a French police officer's efforts to track down the Jackal, a professional killer employed to assassinate Charles DeGaulle.

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  • "Story of a French police officer's efforts to track down the Jackal, a professional killer employed to assassinate Charles DeGaulle."@en
  • "Paris, August 25 1963. As the day dawns, the best professional assassin in the world makes final preparations to kill French President Charles de Gaulle. The charming and relentless killer, code-named the Jackal, costs half a million dollars."@en
  • "France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the General that failed. This novel dramatizes the seventh, mostly deadly attempt, involving a professional killer for hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel."@en
  • "France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the General that failed. This novel dramatizes the seventh, mostly deadly attempt, involving a professional killer for hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel."
  • "The Jackal, the world's most cunning and revered assassin, is given a treacherous mission that could spell disaster for world diplomacy. Catching wind of a mysterious assassination plot, authorities throughout Europe mobilize a manhunt. However, without knowing the Jackal's true target, authorities are forced to wait until the clever killer makes his next move."
  • "The Jackal, the world's most cunning and revered assassin, is given a treacherous mission that could spell disaster for world diplomacy. Catching wind of a mysterious assassination plot, authorities throughout Europe mobilize a manhunt. However, without knowing the Jackal's true target, authorities are forced to wait until the clever killer makes his next move."@en
  • "One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, operations chief of the O.A.S., to assassinate General de Gaulle. France was infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, and there were six known attempts to assassinate the General that failed. This novel dramatizes the seventh, mostly deadly attempt, involving a professional killer for hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel."@en
  • "France, infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, had failed in six known attempts to assassinate the General. This book postulates that the seventh, mostly deadly attempt involved a professional killer-for-hire who would be unknown to the French Police. His code name: Jackal. His price: half a million dollars. His demand: total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning, from the fashioning of a specially made rifle to the devising of his approach to the time and the place where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is a small, diffident, rumpled policeman, who happens to be considered by his boss the best detective in France: Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel."@en
  • "One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, this is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the OAS, to assassinate General de Gaulle - container."
  • "Portrays the cool mood of the Jackal, a skilled assassin, as he fights to keep one step ahead of the international security network trying to find him before he murders President De Gaulle."@en
  • "Portrays the cool mood of the Jackal, a skilled assasin, as he fights to keep one step ahead of the international security network trying to find him before he murders President De Gaulle."
  • "Portrays the cool mood of the Jackal, a skilled assassin, as he fights to keep one step ahead of the international security network trying to find him before he murders President De Gaulle."
  • "There have been six known attemps to assassinate President Charles de Gualle. In this book, the seventh involved a professional killer-for-hire. His code name: Jackal."@en
  • "One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S., to assassinate General de Gaulle."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "During the Second World War, the French government, infuriated at de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, hires an assassin to kill him. The meticulous planning of "The Jackal" contrasts with the rumpled policeman trying to thwart the plan."@en
  • "During the Second World War, the French government, infuriated at de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, hires an assassin to kill him. The meticulous planning of "The Jackal" contrasts with the rumpled policeman trying to thwart the plan."
  • "A suspense thriller built around the attempt of disgruntled French veterans of the Algerian wars (members of the OAS) to assassinate Charles de Gaulle by hiring a professional hit man from Britain."@en

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