The Secret of Father Brown - format ePub

Als er sich von dem Objekt seiner Begutachtung abwandte, traf er beinahe auf einen Mann, der gerade über die Straße auf ihn zugeschossen kam. Es war ein Mann, den er zwar ein wenig kannte, der ihn aber...

Dieser merkwürdige Vorfall ist in gewisser Weise vielleicht der merkwürdigste von den vielen, die ihm in die Quere kamen. Er passierte Pfarrer Brown zu einem Zeitpunkt, als sein französischer Freund Flambeau...

Das Rätsel, warum er Kleidungsstücke von so fantastischer Altertümlichkeit trug und sie dennoch mit einem Hauch von Mode und sogar prahlerisch präsentierte, war nur eines der vielen Rätsel, die schließlich...

Der vorliegende Band enthält die schönsten Krimis und Detektivgeschichten mit Father Brown. Äußerlich ist Father Brown unscheinbar, doch hinter der harmlosen Gestalt verbirgt sich ein scharfer Verstand....

Once upon a time there were two little boys who lived chiefly in the front garden, because their villa was a model one. The front garden was about the same size as the dinner table; it consisted of four...

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Cosa succede se le persone non possono più andare al pub? Semplice, il pub va da loro. O almeno questo è l’obiettivo di Humphrey Pump, un oste inglese obbligato a chiudere la propria taverna, e del suo...

Un prete di paese che risolve delitti e misteri? Vi ricorda qualcuno? Scommetto che state pensando proprio a lui, a padre Brown, il protagonista di questa raccolta di storie brevi. Dotato di un fiuto...

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Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

"Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down." A rich, old man has been mysteriously stabbed, and no one can figure...

Les amoureux de Chesterton se réjouiront de l’édition en livre numérique de cette vie de saint Thomas d’Aquin. L’auteur propose un ouvrage original, somme toute assez loin d’une simple biographie : Chesterton...

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Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection,...

G. K. Chestertonin 'Isä Brownin yksinkertaisuus: Salapoliisikertomuksia' on kokoelma novelleja, joissa pääosassa on nokkela ja inhimillinen pappi, Isä Brown. Kokoelma yhdistää jännityksen ja huumorin,...

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Es wäre nicht fair, die Abenteuer von Pfarrer Brown aufzuzeichnen, ohne zuzugeben, dass er einst in einen schwerwiegenden Skandal verwickelt war. Es gibt immer noch Personen, vielleicht sogar aus seiner...

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Es ist eine abrupte und seltsame Art von Brief, dachte Pfarrer Brown.... LIEBER MUGGLETON, Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich Hilfe dieser Art benötigen würde; aber ich bin fast fertig mit den Dingen. In...

Die zweite Gestalt war viel eigenwilliger; etwas eigentümlicher im Aussehen, trotz der Uniform eines korrekten Leutnants, und außergewöhnlicher im Verhalten. Sie bewegte sich seltsam unregelmäßig und...

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