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The City in the Sky
Book by Brand, Max
- GenresWesterns
252 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Max Brand
1,852 books139 followersFrederick Schiller Faust (see also Frederick Faust), aka Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, Frederick Faust, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Lee Bolt, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Dennis Lawson, M.B., Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver
Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.
Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.
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October 14, 2023
an old fashioned adventure from another era
I cannot find the actual year Brand wrote this. All they ever give out is a publishing date of 1998. But Brand (a pen name) was killed in 1944 in war torn Italy and this book’s way of writing predates both 1998 and 1944. It might be the 1920s.
His style and his language are akin to Dumas and The Three Musketeers (for it is a swashbuckling tale) and also Cervantes for the storyline is Quixotic. And Hispanic. Half the time I felt I was reading one of Zorro’s adventures.
Blazing guns, fast horses, a treasure in the mountains of Mexico no one can find, assassins who come by night - once this story gets going (you will need to be patient at the very beginning before it begins to make sense) you will have a hard time stopping.
An old fashioned adventure like The Count of Monte Cristo written in an old fashioned way. It was a lot of fun for me.
I cannot find the actual year Brand wrote this. All they ever give out is a publishing date of 1998. But Brand (a pen name) was killed in 1944 in war torn Italy and this book’s way of writing predates both 1998 and 1944. It might be the 1920s.
His style and his language are akin to Dumas and The Three Musketeers (for it is a swashbuckling tale) and also Cervantes for the storyline is Quixotic. And Hispanic. Half the time I felt I was reading one of Zorro’s adventures.
Blazing guns, fast horses, a treasure in the mountains of Mexico no one can find, assassins who come by night - once this story gets going (you will need to be patient at the very beginning before it begins to make sense) you will have a hard time stopping.
An old fashioned adventure like The Count of Monte Cristo written in an old fashioned way. It was a lot of fun for me.
May 14, 2023
Very exciting story!
October 20, 2024
The City in the Sky
A marvelous story. It was a joy to read and a marvel at the complexity of characters involved in this wild adventure and mystery. I loved reading it and will read it again. What a remarkable story.
A marvelous story. It was a joy to read and a marvel at the complexity of characters involved in this wild adventure and mystery. I loved reading it and will read it again. What a remarkable story.
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