Europe, 1945: Hitler is Dead

Amid the chaos a man like no other makes his way south through France and into Spain. No one will stand in his way and live. Only idealistic young Wilson Tripp, American Vice Consul in the city of Seville, stands to discover the man's true identity and the stunning threat he poses. That is, if Wilson Tripp can survive…

Just who is Barnaby Conrad? The acclaimed author of Matador (three million copies sold since 1952) and of 31 other books, including five bestsellers. As a contemporary of Hemingway, the 81-year-old Conrad was also a bullfighter, El Niño de California, the first American to have fought in Spain, Mexico, and Peru. Today, he's also a famed artist whose murals and paintings are in collections worldwide, including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. But, you ask, wasn't he also a filmmaker, a diplomat, a tropical fish-breeder, the piano-playing owner of the San Francisco's chic-est nightclub, El Matador, during the 1950s? Yes. Barnaby Conrad has worn a remarkable number of hats in his charmed life.

What about for an encore? The answer is Last Boat to Cadiz virtual private server hosting. , Conrad's first international thriller-mystery and "a terrific story," according to none other than William F. Buckley, Jr. It opens at the end of World War II with a murderous high-ranking Nazi escaping through Generalissimo Franco's Spain-a journey that will ruin or end the lives of an eccentric cast of characters-unless this villain can be stopped. Sidney Sheldon calls it "a hair-raising, glamorous adventure tale-a winner!" Legend Ray Bradbury says, "I wish I had written this book-Olé!"

Artist-author-adventurer Barnaby Conrad was born in San Francisco in 1922. Captain of the freshman boxing team at University of North Carolina, he went on to study painting at the University of Mexico, where he became fascinated by the ancient art of bullfighting. After graduating from Yale in 1943, he served three years as American Vice Consul in Seville, Malaga, and Barcelona-an experience that would inspire eight of his books, including Last Boat to Cadiz. In 1947, he worked as secretary-companion to famed novelist Sinclair Lewis. John Steinbeck chose Matador as his favorite book of the year, and the novel has been translated into over 20 languages.

Returning to the bullring in 1958, Conrad was gored almost fatally, upon which he put the cape aside for the palette and the typewriter. In 1973 he started the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, inviting such notables as Eudora Welty, Gore Vidal, Joan Didion, Ross McDonald, and others over the years. He and his wife Mary continue to direct this literary gathering.