Hassel, used an old Triumph typewriter (pictured here), all through his last novels in the 70’s and 80’s and up until his passing. It is still conserved and with his family, who are happy to report it’s still up and running. He would write small passages at a time and read them aloud to family...Continue reading
Now on sale, you can get the characters from the novels: Sven and his colleagues in the 27th Penal Panzer Regiment. Eight figures representing the most well-known characters from the book series, including; Tiny, the Old Man, Sven, the Legionnaire, Barcelona Blom, Gregor Martin, Julias Heide and Joseph Porta. ** ALL FIGURES SUPPLIED UNPAINTED**: https://www.offensiveminiatures.com/product-page/egsssven-sven-hassel-character-set.Continue reading
Romanian top publisher, NEMIRA, has once again renewed an agreement with the Sven Hassel Estate and is now launching new editions of the Sven Hassel series in their ARMADA Smart imprint. Hassel, is one of the bestselling authors in Romania, and has up to date sold millions of copies there alone.
Forsyth, was a best-selling novelist, who wrote The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, and Dogs of War, to simply name a few novels. Anecdotally, Hassel met Forsyth several times over the years and even visited him in his home in Spain. The shared Publishers world wide and both admired each other’s work. We...Continue reading
'Let me go,' babbled the old Jew, trying to tear himself away from the brutal grip of the three young men. 'Where've you hidden the-stuff?' shouted the big stormtrooper, hitting the old man in the face. The woman screamed and tried to help her husband. She was thrown back into the dark corridor. She screamed...Continue reading
While having been compared to some of the literary greats, Hassel’s style is unique, in it’s flowing, picturesque imagery. He uses satire and humor to deflect or perhaps pause the nature described in these novels. But more than anything, it is possibly the humanity he brings out over and over again, that beautifully steers the...Continue reading
We are very proud to inform that finally the complete series of all 14 Sven Hassel novels is now translated into German i.e Die Armee der Verdammten, Die Galgenvögel, Frontkameraden, Marschbataillon, Gestapo, Monte Cassino, Liquidiert Paris!, Der SS-General, Wo die Hölle regiert, Ich sach sie sterben, Von Gott vergessen, Kriegsgericht, Das GPU-Gefängnis and Der Kommissar....Continue reading
The Sven Hassel novels have received incredible reviews online, with an average of 4.5 stars (out of 5) from several hundreds of submitted reviews. Some of the novels are closer to 2000 reviews on various online platforms. This would be true for LEGION OF THE DAMNED, available on amazon. Continue reading
Continuing our last series, here are few more stellar reviews on Hassel’s work: "To kill, so as not be killed, is the moral in Sven Hassel´s books. He carries his readers with him.” Journal de Genève, Switzerland "Sven Hassel is a writer, who should be read not only in English, but in German, Russian and...Continue reading
"Svejk humour and Remarque intelligence - but not for people with weak nerves” …The World of the Book, magazine for Danish Libraries. "This can only, in all its shuddering horror, have been written by a man, who himself has been in hell. And there is something beautiful in the description of the togetherness between the...Continue reading