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Summary: Excellent Thriller
Review: It's 1966, and Adam Scott received 500 pounds and an envelope in his father's will. The envelope contained the key to his family's lost honor, and leads to an item in the vault of a Swiss bank - a Russian icon thought lost, that also contains a secret.
The secret is so powerful, the KGB will do anything to get it's hands on it. A top agent is assigned unlimited resources. When Adam retrieves the icon moments ahead of him, he suddenly finds his girlfriend dead, and himself on the run from the KGB, the CIA, British Intelligence, and the Swiss police. Armed with only a small amount of money and his own wits, can he survive the hunt - and restore his family's lost honor?
There is no doubt his novel heavily influenced Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code), as the elements of a hunted man, an enemy with only a code name, and a hero who seizes opportunities all come into play.
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Summary: Racing against the calendar
Review: One of the better works by Jeffrey Archer - I'm not terribly keen on the political themes that recur in some of his books, but "A Matter of Honour" is a thoroughbred thriller about a high-stakes game between international espionnage organisations. The year is 1966, and the Soviet Union stands to deal the United States a humiliating defeat. A long-forgotten codicil to the treaty by which the United States bought Alaska from Russia would allow the Soviet Union a single opportunity to recover the territory - by purchasing it back for 100 times the purchase price, or 720 million dollars, after 99 years. President Andrew Johnson could never have forseen the difficulty in which he would one day place President Lyndon Johnson - who's not at all willing to become the first American leader to preside over a reduction in the size of his nation's territory There's only one problem: the Soviets have lost their copy of the treaty. It's hidden an ancient Russian icon, itself locked in a Swiss safety deposit box. That icon, in turn, has just been mysteriously bequeathed to Adam Scott following the death of his father. As Adam moves to clear up questions surrounding his father's life, the Soviets dispatch Alex Romanov to retrieve the icon. Romanov is himself a very complex and dangerous character, a man whose loyalty to the regime he serves will be undermined by the very memory that he IS a Romanov. This book never slows down, and you'll never forget the scene when the safety deposit box is opened for the last time.
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Summary: Fast-paced action, international intrigue, and secret agents
Review: The adventure begins when Adam Scott, a former captain enlisted in the army, has a yellowed envelope bestowed upon him in his father's will. To discover what its content is, he visits a Swiss bank with his girlfriend, Heidi, from clues in the letter placed in the envelope. Meanwhile trouble brews in Russia due to a painting called "the Czar's icon" of Saint George and the dragon among Russian agents of the KGB.It seems that the painting, which has been lost for 15 years, contains a concealed document that marks a compromise between the United States and the Soviet Union that will be invalid in a few days (on June, 20,1966, to be exact). At the same moment, Adam discovers that the icon was the object bequethed to him, unaware of the dilemma in Russia. It is then when Heidi is kidnapped and murdered by Alex Romanov, leader of the search for the icon, that the Englishman realizes the Russians will do anything to retrieve the icon back. Running across Europe for his life and to reach England, he is pursued by agents of the CIA, the KGB, and his own countrymen. 'A Matter of Honor' is not only intriguing but conveys morals that everyone needs to grasp and the love of a son for his father we all comprehend. With its historical settings and characters (i.e., President Johnson), Jeffrey Archer's novel is sure to be a winner with most of us.
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Summary: Why ain't there a movie already?!
Review: The elementary school kid yours truly found this appealing! The plot is tight and taut; the tension's there and the explosive action! The "government secret" bit is really cool, and you've never read more fresh characters! This book rocks!
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Summary: A page-turner
Review: This is one those kind that I would count as flawless. No romance to cry about, no narration to be annoyed by. It's just full of actions and plot-twistings that one would have problem following if enough attention is not paid to.
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Summary: A can't stop page turner with mounting suspense
Review: This is the first Jeffrey Archer book that I have read. I can assure you that it won't be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure-suspense nov el. From the time that Adam Scott opens a letter which was given to him as part of a bequest from his deceased father's will, he is placed on a perilous path between life and death with many unpredictable twists and turns along the way. His search for the Russian icon of St. George and the Dragon coincides with similar searches by the Russian KGB and the Americans. How he manages to locate the icon and to eventually outwit his adversaries makes for an exciting story. I found this book hard to put down once I started it.
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Summary: Page Turner all the way!
Review: This is the fourth book I've read by Jeffrey Archer. I enjoyed Kane & Abel and The Prodical Daughter, and was lukewarm on The Fourth Estate. This one had an intriguing plot that kept me guessing right up to the end.
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Summary: This was possibly the most dull and unsightful book.
Review: This was possibly the most dull, and uninsightful book that I have ever read. The way Jeffery Archer's book is set up, creats a long begining and the reader compleatly looses interest with in the first two chapters. I definetly don't recomen this book to any one who doesn't have the time or interest to read a dull, and limited intrest book.
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Summary: This was possibly the most dull and unsightful book.
Review: This was possibly the most dull, and uninsightful book that I have ever read. The way Jeffery Archer's book is set up, creats a long begining and the reader compleatly looses interest with in the first two chapters. I definetly don't recomen this book to any one who doesn't have the time or interest to read a dull, and limited intrest book.
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Summary: Spy novel reprises US fears of Russian domination
Review: When his father dies, Capt. Adam Scott inherits an envelope. According to the terms of his father's will, he may choose not to open it but "should he decide to open the envelope, it must be on the condition that he will never divulge its contents to any other living person." Adam realizes that the envelope must contain the secret that led his WWII hero father into public disgrace and dishonor. He opens the envelope and begins to unravel its secrets. Suddenly he's being pursued by the KGB. The defense strategy of the USA is in danger of becoming a pawn to Russia's plan to take over. An imaginative story, building suspense, surprising plot twists and lively writing make this a page-turner. If you like John Le Carre and Robert Ludlum's books, you should love this one. Sunnye Tiedemann (aka Ruth F. Tiedemann)
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