SAS 177 Pirates ! (French Edition)
The very first of total of books that de Villiers published within his SAS spy novel series.
Revenge of the Kremlin is the last novel in the SAS series and the last novel that Gerard de Villiers wrote in his life. Il ouvrit la bouche pour crier, mais aucun son ne sortit.
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L'appel d'une voix de femme criant son nom lui parvint faiblement, puis il perdit connaissance. Malko sentit qu'on lui arrachait son pistolet; la pointe du poignard appuyait toujours sur sa gorge. Nous voulons trois millions de dollars d'ici trois jours. His father Jacques Adam de Villiers was also a writer, more precisely a playwright with the pseudonym Jacques Deval.
Being a part of a middle-class family with an aristocratic origin provided de Villiers all needed prerequisites for great education. He graduated from Political Science University of Sciences Po in Paris, which is one of the most selective and respectable universities in France.
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Before beginning his career, he was in the military, serving as an officer during the Algerian war. Published spy novels in the S. These books presented a lot of high-paced action, vivid sex scenes and a lot of violence, as well a bunch of intriguing characters that were inspired by real-life intelligence officers of different countries. He is known for openly being against Islam, which goes in accordance with his right-wing stance. While he wasn't openly affiliated with any party, de Villiers had always been clear that his stance was more inclined towards the right wing.
This is why he was very surprised when Hubert Vedrine, former foreign minister of a left-wing French government, called him for a meeting. Vedrine did this because he discovered that de Villiers and the government had many same sources for their information. The French writer had never hidden the fact that he had friends on high positions in the French external intelligence agency.
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Although he has a letter from Nicolas Sarkozy framed on the wall of his room, de Villiers stated in one his interviews that he's confident that the former French president didn't read his novels. Although many people accused him of being a racist and an anti-Semite, he strongly states this is not true.
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One of his closest friends was Claude Lanzmann, a famous Jewish politician and director, which should be enough to refute those accusations. These false claims probably came from the fact that de Villiers never cared for political correctness. The language in his novels was often pretty vivid and explicit, and he used words like "fags" even in regular conversations and interviews.
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However, the fact that he estranged from all four wives might lead people to believe he had trouble with faithfulness. De Villiers was persistent and responsible, which enabled him to keep up with high pace of publishing at least four novels every year.
He was also famous for not caring about political correctness and using the language he thought was appropriate in any conversation. De Villiers always cared about his looks and his public image, so you could always see him dressed nicely. Even in the days prior to his death when he needed a walker, he remained proud, confident and charismatic man he always had been.
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Quotes from others about the person. Gerard de Villiers was married four times and is survived by one son and one daughter.
Although they never met, it is believed that Gerard de Villiers is the successor of Ian Fleming when it comes to writing high-quality spy novels. Former chief of French External Intelligence Agency which enabled Gerard de Villiers great insight into the spy world. School period Add photo. Other Photos Add photo.
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