The Amber Room Kindle Edition

What became of Russia's greatest treasure...?September 12th 1941 and the German army is at the gates of Pushkin,twenty five kilometres south of Leningrad. Behind the shutters of theCatherine Palace is the fabled Amber Room. Carved from six tons ofBaltic amber for the Emperor of Prussia’s palace in Königsberg andpresented to Tsar Peter the Great in 1716, it is one of Russia’s mostprized possessions and the Germans want it back.The palace custodians had worked night and day in their desperate effortsto remove and conceal the two hundred delicately carved panels, but timewas not on their side. All too soon the Germans had found every lastfragment and the Amber Room was on its way back to Königsberg.Despite countless rumours, it has never been seen again.Or has it?When in 2001 ex-army officer and freelance journalist Miles Maltbyjoins a run-of-the-mill press trip to the ski resort of Eigerhubel in theSwiss Alps, he stumbles onto an extraordinary story, and sets off on ajourney of high adventure through Germany and Holland to London,Copenhagen, Latvia and Estonia and back again to Switzerland, and onthe way unravels one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War.Reviews:‘A straightforward, exciting and effective thriller...this book is thoroughlyrecommended.’ Douglas Hurd, Daily Telegraph'Matthew plots cunningly and writes formidably, supplying a greatswerving ski-run for one’s money.’ John Coleman, Sunday Times.‘A heady, action-packed thriller.’ Julia Langdon, Glasgow Herald.‘Rousingly done, Buchanish adventure.’ Philip Oakes, Literary Review.‘This Amber is pure nectar.’ Peter Grosvenor, Daily Express. Read more