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Summary: An excellent book of romance, espionage and history
Review: Ken Follet once again fulfilled my expectations of a good book. This was an excellently written novel about real characters and figures in history with whom we can relate. Feliks, the man from St Petersburg, comes to London to see to some "business" that could change history but ends in an unpredictable way. While he is in London, he meets up with Lady Walden, a woman from his past and learns something which changes his life...The question is: Will this change the course of history?
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Summary: Flawed, but still an enjoyable read.
Review: Ken Follett captures very well the tone of English High Society in the pre-WWI years. The story is interesting, and this is a quick and easy read. This said, however, I was disappointed in the development of the main characters and much of the plot was implausible. Additionally, Follett has the tendency to romanticize Feliks, who is really an evil and manipulative individual. If you're looking for a book that you can finish on a summer vacation, or read on the beach, this would be a good one to pick up.
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Summary: another addictive follett read
Review: Ken Follett has a knack of weaving great fictional tales inside real historical events...the setting of this book is england, at the turn of the 20th century...right before WWI....but in usual follett style, that's just a back drop..WWI isn't the focus of the story..but it adds an element of realism to the characters and events...as usual, no spoilers...but I will say that it's got everything follett's known for..from great characters, to surprising twists...
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Summary: Engrossing read
Review: Ken Follett has done it again! The book is based in the early 1990's, the World War 1 as a backdrop. The protagonists are from Russia and England, two major players in the World War. Along with giving an interesting insight, into the politics carried out by leaders and influential people in a nation, which ultimately go on to determine the fate of the whole world, it delves deep into the psyches of the main players - common people with emotions and weaknesses not different from yours or mine. The best thing I liked about this book, is that the characters are so real.And there are no heroes or villains. You sympathise and empathise with each of the characters at various times as you read along. With the narration being of such a high quality, I wondered how Ken Follett would manage an ending which would do justice to the story so far. Ken Follett did not let me down.The ending could not have been better.
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Summary: fascinating
Review: ken follett writes another winner.feliks is a russian anarchist who is on a mission to assassinate someone to prevent war.If war breaks out,russian civilians would be the majority of the victims and nothing will stop him feliks.not even his past resurfacing.a great thriller that will keep turning pages all night.recommended!
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Summary: Disappointing but worth reading.
Review: Like all of Follet's novels, `The Man from St. Petersburg' is a page turner and worth picking up if you like a good historical adventure. That being said, however, this novel is not that great when compared to `Eye of The Needle', `The Key to Rebecca' and his masterpiece `The Pillars of The Earth.' Follet is a good and sometimes great writer. The problem I find with his writing is that sometimes he edits down to 300 pages what would be a great-classic epic of 1500 pages (i.e., like `Pillars of the Earth'). Sometimes the shorter form works (i.e., `Eye Of The Needle' and `Key to Rebecca' where the action is close to real time), but sometimes he shortchanges himself and the reader (i.e., `Man From St. Petersburg' and `Place called Freedom') by limiting his scope and range to be under a certain number of pages. I don't know if this is a publishing thing or what? If given more room for characters and historical detail, Follet gives us classic epic novels like `Pillars'. When he limits himself he sometimes succeeds and sometimes misses. More longer Follet novels are better.
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Summary: Very Gripping, Very Entertaining
Review: Now, first of all, I would like to say that, although I haven't read "a lot" of books by Ken Follett, I have now read three. And all three have been worth the time and worth the money. For sure. The Man from St. Petersburg is set mostly in England in the pre-WWII era. The plot of the story is that Feliks, "the man from st. petersburg", is planning to kill a Russian prince who is in the middle of treaty talks with England. Feliks beleives that the murder of the prince will bring about a break in a possible alliance to Russia. Throughout the story, many connections between Feliks and the English family housing the prince, are revieled, making the story very ironic, but I think the connections give a certain sense of suspense from wondering what might be revieled next.
Overall, it was a very gripping, suspensful, and entertaining book that had a very good bit of storytelling wrapped in.
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Summary: Better than "die nadal"
Review: Powerful characterization, excellent piece of literature. Very well constructed story.
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Summary: Thrilling
Review: The Man from St. Petersburg is a forgotten Follett classic. Simpler than his more recent works, a surprisingly thrilling historical novel that tells the story of a resilient Russian revolutionary who travels to pre-WWI England to try to create an international incident. Keeps the reader guessing until the end.
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Summary: very good triller
Review: This book was a first Follett book I've ever read. It wasn't disappointed at all. I like that book, and I've read it very fast. Story is fast moving and not hard to believe, characters very natural and alive. That book pushed me to read another Follett's stories, and I guess that was most important thing about it. I can't say that is his "top of the top", but anyway it definitely strong four and good point to start with Follett.
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