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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Charles Bronson, William Palmer, Ronnie Biggs, Mohammed Al-Guerbouzi, Adam Worth, Jack Sheppard. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Charles Charlie Bronson (de son vrai nom Michael Gordon Peterson), né le 6 décembre 1952, est un criminel britannique souvent cité dans la presse comme le prisonnier le plus violent de Grande-Bretagne. À ce jour, il a passé 34 années en prison, dont 30 en isolement cellulaire. Charles Bronson, né Michael Gordon Peterson, est né à Aberystwyth, au Pays de Galles. Ses parents, Eira et Joe Peterson, supportent le Parti Conservateur d'Aberystwyth. Son oncle et sa tante ont chacun été maires de la ville dans les années 1960 et 1970. Sa tante, Eileen Parry, disait de lui : « C'était un garçon charmant. Il est visiblement brillant et toujours bon avec les enfants. Il était gentil, aux manières douces, n'agissant jamais en tyran - il aimait défendre les faibles. » Durant son adolescence, Bronson a déménagé avec sa famille à Ellesmere Port, dans le Cheshire, où il a eu ses premiers ennuis. Bronson est ensuite retourné à Luton, souvent considérée comme sa ville natale, où il gagnait sa vie en tant qu'homme fort dans un cirque. Il s'est marié en décembre 1970 à Irène, avec qui il eut un fils, Michael. Avant d'être emprisonné, Bronson a eu une courte carrière de boxeur à mains nues dans l'East End de Londres, au cours de laquelle il s'est associé avec Lenny McLean. Sur son site internet, il est indiqué que, contrairement aux dires de la presse, son nom a été changé par son promoteur de lutte en 1987, treize ans après sa première incarcération. Ce changement de nom n'aurait pas été choisi en référence à l'acteur Charles Bronson. Cependant, il a souvent été suggéré que Bronson a ch...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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A Solid Early Effort from Leonard
When Elmore Leonard published Mr. Majestyk in 1974, mass success was just around the corner. But Leonard hadn't made his name and he was still polishing his style. Mr. Majestyk contains many of Leonard's trademarks - tough guys, beautiful women, great dialogue, and vivid atmosphere. Still, it is a cut below Leonard's very best.

Mr. Majestyk is a very short novel and the plot is basic. Vincent Majestyk is a Vietnam Vet and a convicted felon who wants to escape his past by growing melons in Arizona. Of course, it doesn't quite work out that way as people try to muscle in on his business.

Leonard fans will notice many similarities in Mr. Majestyk and Leonard's later work. Mr. Majestyk evokes the "feel" of the Arizona desert. It also has the usual assortment of great Leonard rough characters who help create the gritty atmosphere. Consider this description:

"The gas station attendant said to himself, ---- Get up at five in the morning to sell three bucks' worth. Wait around all day and watch the tourists drive by. Four-thirty sell the migrants a buck's worth. ----"

Leonard's novels seem simple, but he introduces some complex elements. For instance, at the end of Mr. Majestyk he uses "cross cuts" - in which he describes a sequence of events, but uses multiple narrators to tell the story. The reader has no trouble following what is happening - which is a tribute to Leonard's skill.

This novel differs from Leonard's later work. The plot has more action, and less snappy dialogue. Also, Leonard's characters aren't as "hip" and they don't behave absurdly - which are weaknesses in some of his novels.

Mr. Majestyk isn't Leonard's best novel. But it's great fun and easy reading - a perfect beach book.

Majestyk Melon Wars
Another in a long line of Elmore Leonard thrillers.Apparently this one started out as a Charles Bronson film, with the screenplay by Leonard. Story is Clint Eastwood turned down the role so it went to Bronson, dont know if they considered Sylvester Stallone or not.

Anyway, this is a short read, only 4.5 hours on the audio version.Majestyk is a tough Army Ranger who has retired to Arizona to grow melons.I never knew how dangerous that occupation is, but apparently is it fraught with big-time gangsters, small-time hoodlums, racists, and very pretty union organizers. Of course, our protagonist overcomes all this, and still gets the melons picked in time. The cops start out arresting Majestyk, then come to support him when they realize he personifies all that is good in our free enterprise system and is a lot tougher than they are.

As is typical in Leonard's books, we have great characters (unfortunately the bad guys kill one in a hit and run of a roadside porta-potty), lots of local color, insights into the inner workings (who knew you had to turn melons over by hand if not sufficiently ripe), tough guys, even tougher girls, wine-heads, and gritty dialogue.We even have a crime syndicate run by a corrupt lawyer, who has converted the mob into a limited partnership with an HR department to provide annual performance reviews, corporate housing and bimbos.

Everyone should take these Elmore books to the beach or listen to them in the car, always great fun, suitable for all ages.

The First Rambo?
Written in 1974 and then re-released in a new 2002 edition, Mr. Majestyk
is an average crime, revenge, Western action novel.In 1981 First Blood, the original Rambo novel by David Morrell appeared, and the two books have
some similarities: The protagonist was in Viet Nam, learned to kill skillfully and silently in the jungle; upon return to a sparsely populated
area, he wanted to live alone; when hasselled by the police, his steely
nature appeared; both characters spend the rest of the novel seeking to
avenge wrongful treatment.Maybe this is true of many novels during the post-war period, but the parallels were interesting.
As for style, it's lean prose with fairly ordinary dialogue.Overall,
not a word wasted.

Outstanding suspense wrapped in character development
The more I read Elmore Leonard the more I appreciate movies made from his authentic, down-to-earth stories.

Every scene he depicts is shown through the eyes of someone each of us knows as a friend or an acquaintance instead of from some hifalutin artistic writer in love with words or his own voice.

Mr. Majestyk, the movie, is one of those rare movies that is both as good as the novel and stays true to the novel itself. Probably it stays true because Elmore Leonard writes in pictures instead of in five syllable words. Also, perhaps, because Mr. Leonard is a master story teller - C. William Anderson, aka Travis C. Ward.

There is more --- the book has bonus materials for your reading enjoyment and to ease your effort to complete your collection of Elmore Leonard titles.

I promise you this...Read one Elmore Leonard story and you'll bust a gut to get the next, and the next, and the next.

Guard those melons
Elmore Leonard's 1974 pulp thriller owes much of its renown to a film treatment starring Charles Bronson.But as a freestanding novel, 'Mr. Majestyk' is a sturdy piece of craftsmanship and a benchmark for the genre.Just 216 pages long in the recent HarperTorch softcover edition, it is the engaging story of Vincent Majestyk, a former POW from the American tactical missions in Laos, who finds his Arizona melon-growing business under siege by local mob bosses.

'Mr. Majestyk' uses an intricate storyline, placing Vincent at odds with mob head Frank Renda, the police, and his loyal farmhand Nancy Chavez, with whom he falls in love despite a stoic attitude.The novel is mostly driven by Majestyk's intense self-respect and desire to live on his own terms.Leonard keeps a fairly good pace in advancing the story, providing balanced character insights and a limited but well-made helping of shootouts and car chases.

During lulls in the action, 'Majestyk' interestingly portrays migrant farm work that still employs thousands of Chicanos in the United States each year.Leonard's Arizona setting is a living, breathing one, allowing us to feel the dust, intense sunlight, and stillness.The lead players are given enough color and shape for readers to stay interested, although character development is typically lacking.Plot gaps and far-fetched situations (two chronic symptoms of thrillers) also have their place in 'Majestyk,' but the story is far too entertaining, at least in my opinion, for these weaknesses to jump off the page and spoil a reader's enjoyment.

'Majestyk' is recommended for thriller fans and available from HarperTorch in an October 2002 printing.A sneak preview of Leonard's 'Tishomingo Blues' is also provided after the novel's conclusion.
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Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was anAmerican actor best known for his "tough guy" image, whostarred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in theWest, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The GreatEscape, The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wishseries. He was most often cast in the role of a policeofficer or gunfighter. Bronson's first film role was as aPolish sailor in You're in the Navy Now in 1951, he alsomade several appearances on television in the 1950s and1960s. Bronson was nominated for an Emmy Award for hissupporting role in a TV episode with the title "Memory inWhite." In the 1970s he became one of the top ten box- office stars. He made films in many genres including crime,western and others. Bronson's last starring role in atheatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: TheFace of Death. His health deteriorated in later years, andhe retired from acting after undergoing hip-replacementsurgery in 1998. Bronson also suffered from Alzheimer'sdisease in his final years. ... Read more

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