Saturday, December 24, 2022

Za choinke robi

drzewko cytrusowe wyhodowane jeszcze przez sp. Rysia. A pod choinka prezenty od sw. Mikolaja. Tez ksiazka pana Chucka Konkela pt. "Who has buried the dead?". The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have never been revealed. One such secret was buried in the deep, dark forest of Katyn, Poland. The other in the pages of a notebook hidden in an otherwise unremarkable cafe in an ancient Polish city. That notebook, known as the Scottish Book, was an obscure work of intellectual gamesmanship between a specialized group of mathematicians who met at a local pub near the town's medieval university, where they shared and solved complex mathematical problem in the pages of the book. In 1939, as the Nazis overran the country, the book mysteriously vanished from its hiding place in the cafe. Some of its contributors avoided certain death by fleeing Poland for America, where the government recruited them. Ultimately, some of these intellectuals became participants in a deadly undertaking: the Manhattan Project. Who Has Buried the Dead? may be fiction, but it draws on years of research to plausibly answer the real questions surrounding one of the last great secrets of the Second World War. What did the Scottish Book contain that led the NKVD, the Gestapo, and the Allies on a desperate search, using any means to find it? Why has its existence not factored into the telling of Second World War history? What is ultimately revealed within the Scottish Book that brought mortal enemies and their top spy operatives into a deadly contest for its discovery and seizure? KGE "CHUCK" KONKEL is a serving Canadian law enforcement officer and accomplished author with decades of experience in Asian and transnational organized crime. He has a master's degree in international relations and spent his early career policing Hong Kong during its most turbulent times. He is currently a trusted advisor on organized crime on two continents and is the author of two previous novels, The Glorious East Wind and Evil Never Sleeps.

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