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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Proteus
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'Big John Spada is a self-made millionaire. From his headquarters in New York, he directs enterprises around the world with military precision. Privately, Spada also funds Proteus, a clandestine movement that works to free political prisoners and combat tyrants wherever they may be.

'Then news arrives from Argentina that the Buenos Aires secret police have arrested Spada's daughter Teresa, a doctor, after she performed emergency surgery on a man with gunshot wounds. They then take her husband Rodolfo whose outspoken editorials have angered the country's fascist government.

'A scheme is hatched by Proteus to rescue them, but soon the enemies of Proteus begin to target Spada himself.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

Notes

  • Epigraph: Passage from C. G. Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul.
  • Dedication: For the Prisoners of Conscience of whom to our shame there are far too many.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Collins ,
      1979 .
      Extent: 273p.
      ISBN: 0002216744
    • Glasgow,
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      Scotland,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Collins ,
      1979 .
      Extent: 318p.
      ISBN: 0006158811
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Fontana ,
      1980 .
      Extent: 318p.
      ISBN: 0006158811
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Bantam Books ,
      1980 .
      Extent: 372p.
      ISBN: 0553132016
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Ulverscroft ,
      1981 .
      Extent: 509p.
      ISBN: 0708906427
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Heinemann ,
      1991 .
      Extent: 273p.
      ISBN: 043485896X
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Mandarin ,
      1992 .
      Extent: 272p.
      ISBN: 0749310723
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2017 .
      image of person or book cover 2581381159694163899.jpg
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      Extent: 318p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2017.

      ISBN: 9781760297664, 9781760638375
Alternative title: Proteus : de man die de wereld gijzelde
Language: Dutch
    • Haarlem,
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      Netherlands,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Gottmer ,
      1979 .
      Extent: 280p.
      ISBN: 9025711871
    • Utrecht,
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      Netherlands,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      A. W. Bruna ,
      1981 .
      Extent: 280p.
      ISBN: 9022919501

Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.
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